FOX News: China's nuclear stockpile growing at 'accelerating pace,' will have 1,000 warheads by 2030: Pentagon
While the US is currently treaty limited with Russia to deploy up no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads, China is under no such restrictions
China is building nuclear warheads at an "accelerating pace" and will have 1,000 by the end of the decade, according to the Pentagon's new China report released Wednesday after a two-month delay.
Just a year ago in the last China report, the Pentagon had estimated China’s nuclear arsenal to be in the "low-200s" and would "at least double" over the next decade.
The new report demonstrates China is expanding much more rapidly.
"The accelerating pace of the PRC’s nuclear expansion may enable the PRC to have up to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027.
The PRC likely intends to have at least 1,000 warheads by 2030, exceeding the pace and size the DoD projected in 2020."
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon's report on China is here .... Military and Security Developments Involving The People's Republic of China 2021.
When I first started this blog (over a decade ago) I was always saying that China's ultimate goal was to be the primary military super-power in the world. Or to put it bluntly. This has always been China's ultimate goal .... Researchers say China is constructing 300 possible missile silos, which could make its nuclear arsenal bigger than Russia's or America's (Insider).
Blaming former President Trump for this arms buildup, which this Pentagon report claims, ignores the fact that it takes years of planning and development to massively expand a nuclear arsenal .... China has upped nuke production, it worried U.S. would start war before 2020 election, report says (NBC). this was in motion before Trump was even President.
My guess is that the decision to expand it's nuclear arsenal occurred over a decade ago when Beijing made the decision to allocate an enormous amount of funds to build up its conventional AND nuclear forces.
A build-up that the US national security establishment is only now publicly acknowledging on how big it is.
Pentagon Says China's Nuclear Stockpile Is Growing At An 'Accelerating Pace'
China expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than anticipated: Pentagon -- AFP
Pentagon warns China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal -- CNN
China Expands Nuclear Weapons Arsenal to Better Compete Globally, Pentagon Says -- WSJ
Uncowed by COVID-19, China Is Rapidly Building Its Nuclear Arsenal and Armed Forces, According to the Pentagon -- Military.com
China missile silos a sign of 'unprecedented nuclear buildup,' report says -- UPI
