[philliphaydon]

> China has a strong no first use policy, at least publicly. Luckily, it is unlikely they'd attack a carrier battle group with nuclear weapons.

Yeah we know that's false now, it's just something they claimed and will never uphold, after they threatened to obliterate Japan.

[time0ut]

I missed this news. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. This is terrifying and probably one of the most significant changes in (public) nuclear policy in years.