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How China’s expanding nuclear arsenal calls for India’s deterrence strategy rehaul
1 month ago

How China’s expanding nuclear arsenal calls for India’s deterrence strategy rehaul

Firstpost  

As per estimates, China now possesses roughly 500 nuclear warheads, and numbers and quality are growing faster than the other nuclear weapon powers The Pentagon’s 2023 report to Congress assessed that China now has approximately 500 nuclear warheads for delivery by land-based ballistic missiles, sea-based ballistic missiles, road-mobile systems, and bombers. Nuclear Warhead Stockpile The Pentagon’s 2023 report to Congress …

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India expanding its nuclear arsenal with eye on China: SIPRI
6 months, 1 week ago

India expanding its nuclear arsenal with eye on China: SIPRI

Hindustan Times  

India expanded its nuclear arsenal slightly in 2023 and appeared to be placing growing emphasis on longer-range weapons capable of striking targets across China, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in a new yearbook released on Monday. “While Pakistan remains the main focus of India’s nuclear deterrent, India appears to be placing growing emphasis on longer-range weapons, including those …

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India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, China records surge in stockpile: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, China records surge in stockpile: Report

India TV News  

Stockholm: India has overtaken Pakistan in the global race to develop nuclear weapons for the first time, as several countries have ramped up their arsenal as tensions rise across the world. The SIPRI report confirms that all nine nuclear-armed countries - the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel - have continued to …

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US says China has significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal
1 year, 2 months ago

US says China has significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal

Al Jazeera  

Pentagon’s annual report says China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads and is likely to double that by 2030. China had more than 500 operational nuclear warheads by May 2023 and was “on track to exceed previous projections”, the Pentagon said in its annual report on China’s military power, which was released on Thursday. As well as its nuclear …

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Biggest rise in China's nuclear weapons, global stockpile also increases: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Biggest rise in China's nuclear weapons, global stockpile also increases: Report

Hindustan Times  

The global nuclear weapons stockpile is at an all-time high, a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute revealed estimating that there are 12,512 nuclear warheads in the world, up 86 from a year ago. “We are approaching, or maybe have already reached, the end of a long period of the number of nuclear weapons worldwide declining,” Sipri director …

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Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize their weapons, Chinese arsenal is growing
1 year, 6 months ago

Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize their weapons, Chinese arsenal is growing

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday. As for China, SIPRI said the size of country’s nuclear arsenal had increased from 350 warheads in January 2022 to 410 in January 2023 and it is expected to keep growing. The …

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China to have 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035: Pentagon report
2 years ago

China to have 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035: Pentagon report

Hindustan Times  

China is likely to have a stockpile of about 1,500 warheads by 2035, up from the current estimated number of 400, the Pentagon has said. In its annual report to the Congress on China’s ambitious military build-up, the Pentagon said Tuesday that over the next decade, Beijing aims to modernise, diversify, and expand its nuclear forces. China is investing in …

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China to increase nuclear warheads to 1,500, Pentagon warns
2 years ago

China to increase nuclear warheads to 1,500, Pentagon warns

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — China is expanding its nuclear force and is on pace to nearly quadruple the number of warheads it has by 2035, rapidly closing its gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report released Tuesday. Beijing’s growing arsenal is creating uncertainty for the U.S. as it navigates how to deter two nuclear powers, Russia and China, …

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China to increase nuclear warheads to 1,500, Pentagon warns
2 years ago

China to increase nuclear warheads to 1,500, Pentagon warns

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We can’t assume that if they have more capabilities, that their policy is going …

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Chinese nuclear warheads may top 1,000 by 2030: Pentagon report
3 years, 1 month ago

Chinese nuclear warheads may top 1,000 by 2030: Pentagon report

India TV News  

China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than US officials predicted just a year ago, highlighting a broad and accelerating buildup of military muscle designed to enable Beijing to match or surpass US global power by mid-century, according to a Pentagon report released on Wednesday. The number of Chinese nuclear warheads could increase to 700 within six years, the …

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US predicts China could have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030
3 years, 1 month ago

US predicts China could have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030

Al Jazeera  

Pentagon estimates China’s arsenal would be two-and-a-half times the size of what it predicted only a year ago. The new US report said China’s swift military modernisation aims to have the capability by 2027 to overcome any pushback to an effort to reclaim Taiwan, by pressure or military force. By 2027, the report says, China aims to have “the capabilities …

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How China has been upping its nuclear arsenal while preaching peace to the world
4 years, 2 months ago

How China has been upping its nuclear arsenal while preaching peace to the world

India Today  

A recent interview of a Chinese foreign ministry official by a Russian newspaper on the need to control arms race concealed more than it revealed. Conventional missile power The US Department of Defence Report on Chinese Military Power 2020 indicates that the People’s Liberation Army has become the largest conventional missile power in the world. And it won’t be very …

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