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China is warned by Marbury as compelled to expand nuclear arsenal by NMD, unraveling arms control; Leo implicitly dismisses in Yorktown defiance, marking it as escalation specter.
Through Marbury's proliferation critique
Reactive superpower in arms race dynamic
Threatens global stability treaties
Marbury warns NMD compels China's nuclear buildup, framing shield as escalatory catalyst in superpower arms race, challenging Leo's deterrence logic.
Invoked as reactive proliferator
Counterweight to U.S. unilateralism
Undermines global arms control
China surfaces in Marbury's salvo as NMD-forced arsenal expander, its nuclear buildup invoked to indict the shield, layering escalation dread onto Leo's patriotic close.
Through hypothetical proliferation response
Reactive superpower pressured by US tech
Highlights mutual assured destruction's fragile balance
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