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I'd launch nukes at China on Trump's orders, says US Pacific Fleet chief

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Commander of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift was speaking at an Australian National University security conference on Thursday, AP reported.

Responding to a question on whether he would initiate a nuclear strike against China at President Donald Trump's orders "next week,"the admiral bluntly said: "The answer would be: Yes."

Swift, who has led the Pacific Fleet since 2015, explained: "Every member of the US military has sworn an oath to defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic and to obey the officers and the president of the United States as commander and chief appointed over us."

He then struck a conciliatory tone, saying: "This is core to the American democracy and any time you have a military that is moving away from a focus and an allegiance to civilian control, then we really have a significant problem."


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