NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said discussions continue about putting nuclear warheads on standby.
Beijing has accused NATO of 'nuclear blackmail' after the security alliance's chief remarked that members are in talks about deploying more nuclear missiles to better counter potential threats from Russia and China.'We demand that NATO stop spreading false narratives, cease nuclear blackmail and coercion, and refrain from going further down the wrong path,' Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian told reporters Thursday.
' This has 'raised the risk of a nuclear arms race and conflict,' he added.Newsweek reached out to NATO and the U.S. Department of Defense with written requests for comment.In the communique issued after NATO's 2021 summit in Brussels, the alliance reaffirmed the importance of nuclear deterrence in its strategy.Three of NATO's 32 members—the U.S.
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