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The United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty specifically to address the military threat posed by China [1], [2], [3]. Furthermore, the treaty's restrictions were relevant to China because a vast majority of Chinese ballistic missiles would have been prohibited under its terms [4], and analysts have examined how the treaty's end impacts the U.S.-China military balance [5].
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Strategic Rivalry between United States and China swp-berlin.org 5 facts
claimThe Trump Administration withdrew from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia partly in the hope that the withdrawal would enable the United States to better counter the Chinese military threat.
claimShahryar Pasandideh, in his 2019 article 'The End of the INF Treaty and the US-China Military Balance', raises the question of where the United States could station ground-launched intermediate-range missiles on the territory of alliance partners and which targets in China could be reached from those locations.
claimThe Trump Administration withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia partly to better counter the Chinese military threat.
claimThe Trump Administration withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia partly in the hope that the withdrawal would allow the United States to better counter the Chinese military threat.
measurementAdmiral Phil Davidson, Commander of US forces in the Indo-Pacific, stated in a 2019 congressional hearing that 95 percent of Chinese ballistic missiles would be prohibited under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.