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New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Mark Schiefelbein/AP China may be accelerating its efforts to develop a nuclear arsenal, according to a new report from the Pentagon, as part of its ongoing efforts to modernize and revamp its fighting forces in order to match U.S. military capabilities. …

Think tank SIPRI says China had 17 percent more nuclear warheads in January 2023 compared with the year before. The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are continuing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, with China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads rising by 17 percent in 2022, according to the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. In the SIPRI Yearbook 2023 released on Monday, …

As per its defence strategy and doctrinal positions, China is expected to extensively use its rocket forces during the initial days of the conflict. Till now, India’s ballistic missiles were meant to carry nuclear warheads as part of the minimum credible deterrence strategy. According to Pentagon estimates, this includes 1,200 conventionally armed short-range ballistic missiles, 200 to 300 conventional medium-range …

China will likely have a stockpile of 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035 if it continues with its current nuclear build-up pace, according to a report released by the Pentagon. Key points: The Pentagon's projection for China's nuclear arsenal of 1,000 warheads by 2030 remains unchanged China says its arsenal is dwarfed by those of the United States and Russia The …

Vladimir Putin on Wednesday night boasted that he had unleashed the first successful test of a new nuclear missile known as "Satan II", which carries a dozen warheads and could be used to strike enemies around the world. The "superheavy" 200-tonne intercontinental ballistic missile was a "present to Nato", according to the Kremlin, and would make Moscow's enemies "think twice". …

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes he is winning the war in Ukraine according to Austrian leader Karl Nehammer, whose comments were published this weekend as more rockets rained down on Kharkiv on Easter Sunday. He said: 'I spoke with them yesterday, and I know that they're going to fight until the end' But despite the offer, there have been no …

Moscow put its strategic nuclear forces on alert last week amid the war in Ukraine, causing ripples across the globe. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that if a third world war were to occur, it would involve nuclear weapons and be destructive, according to Russian media. Nuclear forces on high alert Russian forces attacked Ukraine by land, air …

While 32 countries generate atomic energy, nine have nuclear weapons and seven countries have both. Global nuclear energy Nuclear energy provides roughly 10 percent of the world’s electricity. As of 2020, just 5 percent of Japan’s electricity came from nuclear power, according to the World Nuclear Association. Nuclear warheads per country Nine countries possessed roughly 13,150 warheads as of August …

China is in the middle of a significant modernisation and expansion of its nuclear weapon inventory, and India and Pakistan also appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, according to Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Year Book 2021 released on Monday. ‘The overall number of warheads in global military stockpiles now appears to be increasing, a worrisome …