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Nuclear Modernization

Hyten Concerned Over Lack Of Nuclear Strategic Stability Talks With China

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, September 13th, 2021

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Hyten Concerned Over Lack Of Nuclear Strategic Stability Talks With China

Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, appears at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C., July 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday he’s concerned over the Pentagon’s lack of dialogue with China on strategic stability issues, to include nuclear weapon and space capabilities. “We need to have that conversation start with the Chinese. We really do. We need to be able to sit down...and talk about these issues with China,” Hyten said during a Brookings Institution discussion. “That’s my one concern right now is that we’re…

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