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China is quickly modernising its nuclear launch capabilities

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China has a triad of nuclear forces – solid-fueled mobile and siloed land-based missiles, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, and bombers with a full, re-established nuclear mission. The ratio of stockpiled and stored warheads will shift when more new launchers become active in 2021. BEIJING: China possesses at least 350 nuclear weapons, more than double India’s … Read more

Global nuclear arsenal to grow for first time since Cold War: think-tank

The number of nuclear weapons in the world fell to 12,705 in January 2022, down from 13,080 in January 2021. Around 2,000 warheads – nearly all belonging to Russia or the U.S. they were kept in a condition of high readiness. STOCKHOLM – For the first time since the Cold War, the worldwide nuclear arsenal … Read more