The Pentagon expects the Chinese military to double its store of nuclear weapons over the next decade but still remain far behind the arsenals of the United States and Russia.
The Department of Defense presented its annual report to Congress on China’s military and other security issues on Tuesday, revealing that U.S. intelligence estimates that China’s nuclear weapons stockpile is in the “low 200s.” Analysts also expect it to grow in the coming years as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sees its place in the world grow more precarious.
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