sadly that's a very likely scenario

In this scenario we will have to be desperate saboteurs with no regard for our life or political aspirations for the country.

Cuban Missile Crisis, but what if the soldiers actually believed their country's propaganda?

China recently signed a deal with Russia to purchase enriched uranium. Obviously China is a nuclear power and has its own reactors and enrichment facilities, so buying more from the Russians suggests China is expanding its nuclear arsenal as well.