China leading ‘rapid expansion’ of nuclear arsenal, Pentagon says
Oct 24, 2024 · China is accelerating its buildup of nuclear weapons, forcing the U.S. to more than double earlier estimates of its pace, the Pentagon’s intelligence arm wrote in a report this week. The...
Pentagon: China quickly building up its nuclear weapons arsenal | AP News
Oct 19, 2023 · A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like.
Chinese nuclear weapons, 2024 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Jan 15, 2024 · We estimate that China has produced a stockpile of approximately 440 nuclear warheads for delivery by land-based ballistic missiles, sea-based ballistic missiles, and bombers.
China blasts US report, reiterates ‘no 1st use’ nuke policy
Dec 6, 2022 · BEIJING (AP) — China strictly adheres to its policy of no first use of nuclear weapons “at any time and under any circumstances,” its Defense Ministry said Tuesday in a scathing response to a U.S. report alleging a major buildup in Beijing’s nuclear capabilities.
China Expands Nuclear Arsenal Under Xi, Bracing for Growing …
Feb 4, 2024 · Even without firing a nuclear weapon, China could mobilize or brandish its missiles, bombers and submarines to warn other countries against the risks of escalating into brinkmanship.
China building nuclear weapons faster than prior U.S. projections
Oct 20, 2023 · China is building up its nuclear arsenal faster than predicted, U.S. report says. The Pentagon report also warned that Beijing may be pursuing a new intercontinental missile system that could...
China has sharply expanded nuclear arsenal, US says - BBC
Oct 20, 2023 · China has significantly expanded its nuclear stockpile over the past year and is now holding some 500 operational warheads, the US has said.
China Is on Track to Become Nuclear Superpower, Ushering in …
Apr 19, 2023 · China is on track to massively expand its nuclear arsenal, just as Russia suspends the last major arms control treaty. It augurs a new world in which Beijing, Moscow and Washington will likely...
China Quietly Rebuilds Secretive Base for Nuclear Tests
Dec 20, 2023 · China could field 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035 at its current pace of force expansion, the Pentagon has projected. That figure would be a fivefold increase from the “ minimum deterrent ...
China Speeds Nuclear-Weapons Buildout, US Defense Agency Says
Oct 23, 2024 · China is pressing ahead with plans to rapidly upgrade and expand its nuclear weapons arsenal across land, sea and air, according to a new US assessment that offers the most detailed accounting...