The United States warned that Russia was supplying enriched plutonium to the Chinese regime for the manufacture of weapons

He Department of Defense The American said on Wednesday that the Russian state enterprise nuclear power Rosatom would provide enriched plutonium to China for its fast breeder reactors, which are those designed to produce fuel by generating more material than it consumes.

The Under-Secretary of State for Defense for Space Policy, John PlumeI declare that “it is very disturbing to see Russia and China cooperating on this“, according to a statement from the Pentagon.

“They may have points of contention about it, but you can’t get around the fact that breeder reactors are plutonium, and plutonium is for weapons. So I think the Ministry (of Defense) is concerned,” Plumb said.

“And, of course, this coincides with our concern about the growing expansion of the nuclear forces Chinese, because more plutonium is needed for more weapons,” the US official added.

He also regretted that China and Russia have put the nuclear weapons at the center of their strategies for to counter American power and their allies. He also denied that Beijing was involved in a significant and accelerated expansion and diversification of its nuclear forces.

As for Moscow, probe stressed the importance of nuclear deterrence as a basis for national security in the context of “irresponsible unleashing of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear saber”.

China also has a growing inventory of complex long-range attack systems that put US forces at risk at ever greater distances, the senior official said.

According to a report linked to the annual hearing of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on global threats to the country’s security, the Chinese regime will maintain cooperation with Russia continue to try to defy the United States, despite international concerns about the invasion of Ukraine.

The report focused heavily on threats from China and Russia.believing that the Xi Jinping regime will continue to use its military and other means to intimidate its competitors in the South China Sea and that it will rely on actions from 2022, which could include new crossings of the Taiwan Strait or overflights of Taiwan with missiles.

According to the report, Russia is unlikely to seek conflict with the United States and the I WILL TAKE, but the war in Ukraine carries a “great risk” of that happening. He added that there is “real potential” that Moscow’s military failures in Ukraine could harm the president. Vladimir Poutinewhich increases the escalation potential.

In a first press conference, the new Chinese Foreign Minister, Gang Qinchided Washington for its Taiwanese policy, while stressing Beijing’s close relationship with Russia.

Qin defended the tie with Moscow, saying the ties “set an example for global foreign relations.”

“With China and Russia working together, the world will have a driving force”, he claimed. “The more unstable the world becomes, the more imperative it is for China and Russia to advance their relationship,” he added.

According to what he said, there is “close contact” between the leaders of the two countries, and that the relations between “heads of state” constituted the anchor of the relationship. “The strategic partnership will undoubtedly grow more and more,” he said.

(With information from Reuters, EFE and Europa Press)

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