WASHINGTON: China is expanding its nuclear power much faster than US officials predicted just a year ago, with a view to enable Beijing to match or surpass US global power by mid-century. An extensive and quick build-up of military force designed for Wednesday. The report said the number of Chinese nuclear weapons could rise to 700 within six years, and up to 1,000 by 2030. The report did not say how many weapons China has today, but a year ago the Pentagon said the number was “low 200” and likely to double by the end of this decade.
The US, by comparison, has 3,750 nuclear warheads and has no plans to increase it. As recently as 2003, America’s total number was about 10,000. NS Biden The administration is undertaking a comprehensive review of its nuclear policy and has not said how it may be influenced by its concerns over China. The report does not suggest an open conflict with China, but it fits an emerging US statement of the People’s Liberation Army’s intent to challenge the US in all areas of war – air, land, sea, space and cyberspace. Is. Against that background, US defense officials have said they are very mindful of China’s intentions with regard to the situation in Taiwan. “The developed capabilities and concepts of the PLA continue to strengthen (China’s) ability to ‘fight and win the war’ against a ‘strong enemy'” – a possible euphemism for the US, it said.
The report said China has already established what is known as a nuclear triad – a combination of land-, sea- and air-based missiles that the US and Russia have for decades. China is adding air-launched ballistic missiles to its existing land and sea-based nuclear forces. The e-port was based on information collected as of December 2020 and therefore does not reflect or refer to the general Mark MilleLast month’s expression of concern about Chinese hypersonic weapons tests last summer which he said came as a nuisance. Wednesday’s report only mentioned the widely known fact that China had landed a DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile, which was equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle designed to evade US missile defense.
The report said China is pursuing a network of foreign bases that could “interfere” in US military operations and support Chinese military operations against the US. President Xi Jinping has said that China plans to become a global military power by 2049. The basis for the prediction was not stated in the report, which also claimed that China had begun construction of at least three new missile fields “cumulatively consisting” of underground silos from which ICBMs were launched. can go. AP
A Pentagon report says the number of Chinese nuclear weapons could rise to 700 within six years and up to 1,000 by 2030. A year ago, the Pentagon said the number was in the ‘low 200’. The report said China has already established what is known as the nuclear triad – a combination of land-, sea- and air-based missiles.
The US, by comparison, has 3,750 nuclear warheads and has no plans to increase it. As recently as 2003, America’s total number was about 10,000. NS Biden The administration is undertaking a comprehensive review of its nuclear policy and has not said how it may be influenced by its concerns over China. The report does not suggest an open conflict with China, but it fits an emerging US statement of the People’s Liberation Army’s intent to challenge the US in all areas of war – air, land, sea, space and cyberspace. Is. Against that background, US defense officials have said they are very mindful of China’s intentions with regard to the situation in Taiwan. “The developed capabilities and concepts of the PLA continue to strengthen (China’s) ability to ‘fight and win the war’ against a ‘strong enemy'” – a possible euphemism for the US, it said.
The report said China has already established what is known as a nuclear triad – a combination of land-, sea- and air-based missiles that the US and Russia have for decades. China is adding air-launched ballistic missiles to its existing land and sea-based nuclear forces. The e-port was based on information collected as of December 2020 and therefore does not reflect or refer to the general Mark MilleLast month’s expression of concern about Chinese hypersonic weapons tests last summer which he said came as a nuisance. Wednesday’s report only mentioned the widely known fact that China had landed a DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile, which was equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle designed to evade US missile defense.
The report said China is pursuing a network of foreign bases that could “interfere” in US military operations and support Chinese military operations against the US. President Xi Jinping has said that China plans to become a global military power by 2049. The basis for the prediction was not stated in the report, which also claimed that China had begun construction of at least three new missile fields “cumulatively consisting” of underground silos from which ICBMs were launched. can go. AP
A Pentagon report says the number of Chinese nuclear weapons could rise to 700 within six years and up to 1,000 by 2030. A year ago, the Pentagon said the number was in the ‘low 200’. The report said China has already established what is known as the nuclear triad – a combination of land-, sea- and air-based missiles.
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