China is rapidly increasing its nuclear stockpile and is making 1000 nuclear weapons by 2030. This claim has been made in the Pentagon’s annual report. According to the report, China currently has 500 nuclear weapons. But it is rapidly increasing its nuclear capacity.
According to the BBC report, the Pentagon has said that China will continue to rapidly modernize, diversify and expand its nuclear force in the next decade. The report said that China’s nuclear weapons increase is higher than estimated but still less than Russia and the US. According to the International Peace Research Institute, Russia has about 5,889 nuclear weapons, while America has 5,244 nuclear weapons. It is claimed that in 2021, China had about 400 weapons.
Aim To Create World-Class Military By 2049: Jinping
The report released on Thursday said that China can develop a new intercontinental missile system in which only conventional weapons will be used. Also, with this, China can threaten to target America. Let us tell you that Chinese President Xi Jinping has already said that China will prepare a world-class military by 2049. After coming to power in 2012, Jinping talked about modernizing the country’s armed forces.
China Maintains Its Policy Of Not Firing Weapons First
It has also been said in this report that China still follows the policy of not firing weapons first. US officials said Beijing may complete constructing three new clusters of missile sites in 2022. The report noted that these areas include at least 300 new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos. The report also says that China is learning from the Russia-Ukraine war to understand what the Taiwan conflict could be like.
