China joins Russia in warning it will 'not stand idly by' if the US deploys medium range missiles after tearing up arms control treaty President Trump walked away from Cold War missile treaty last week, sparking fears of a new global nuclear arms race US has since suggested it will test and deploy weapons banned under the deal Russia has already said it will be forced to respond if tests go ahead as planned China now says it 'will not sit idly by' if missiles are deployed in the Asia-Pacific China warned Tuesday it will react if the US goes ahead with plans to deploy intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. Beijing said it will not stand 'idly by' and 'will be forced to take countermeasures' if the deployment goes ahead, but did not specify what exactly that would involve. It comes after President Trump tore up the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty which was signed under Ronald Reagan ...
The great strength of American capitalism is also its great weakness, namely, its extremely high weapons productivity. A number of factors have produced increases in productivity, like, the mechanization of the production process that got under way in England as early as the 18th century. In the early 20th century, then, American industrialists made a contribution in the form of automatiion. ..Amor Patriae