He added that the U. S. still has the illusion that it can intimidate China with military threat, but in fact, such an approach is "completely useless".

尹卓还表示，美国在南海仍幻想利用军事威胁的方式影响中国，但事实上这种行为对中国“一点作用没有”。

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Every new weapons system it has acquired or developed is designed specifically to target or intimidate U.S. military forces.

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This disparity can only exacerbate New START's negative strategic repercussions at a time when the Kremlin is trying to intimidate U.S. allies by moving such weapons closer to their nations.

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His nuclear capabilities can thus be viewed mainly as an effort to ensure his sovereignty and to level the political playing field across the Yalu River, and only secondarily as an effort to intimidate the U.S. For Kim, possession of such weapons diminishes the power Beijing has over his regime.

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