China has increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads to 600 from 500 in just a year, as the People’s Liberation Army continues a rapid expansion of its forces, according to the US defence department.
In its annual “China Military Power Report”, the Pentagon said the PLA had expanded its arsenal by 20 per cent in the 12 months from mid-2023 and was on track to have 1,000 operational warheads by 2030.
The Pentagon has in recent years warned that the US will soon face two nuclear peers as China’s arsenal grows closer in size to the US and Russia.
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