“Nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard,” Sun said.

China and India are currently the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy. Russia and the United States have the world’s biggest nuclear arsenals.

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    10 months ago

    it’s only because they set up their nuclear arsenal with this far more reasonable and less aggressive strategy

    I’m sure US and Russia would do the same if not for starting earlier. There are advantages to catching up too.