China’s Low-Yield Nukes Are Perfect for ‘Gray Zone’ Provocations

Military vehicles carrying DF-21D missiles are displayed in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

China’s testing of low-yield nuclear weapons is consistent with its strategy to intensify strategic U.S. competition in the “gray zone” just below the threshold of armed conflict.