This is all because 1. the US feels its grip on the world slipping and is considering nuking the industry of its "main adversary" 2. technological advancements in submarine detection and hypersonic missiles have made first strike fantasies feverishly common to the warhawks in washington. Instead of talking about China's first strike capability, they are talking about China's second strike capability. These insane bastards are prepared to burn millions of people in nuclear holocaust before giving up their imperial throne