From compromising our national missile defense capabilities to undercutting the modernization of U.S. nuclear forces to unnecessarily limiting our use of missile and bomber launch capabilities for conventional warheads, the treaty is increasingly understood as badly flawed.

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"This suggests that, generally speaking, investment in military modernization aside from specific capabilities considered exigent for party leadership continuity, national survival and defense of critical national interests remains a lower priority overall than economic development for Beijing's leadership, " they wrote.

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