Over the past five years, the People’s Republic of China has significantly expanded its ongoing nuclear modernization program.
China has 500 nuclear warheads in its arsenal and more are in production. This is stated in a study by American nuclear scientists.
It has been noted that over the past five years, China has significantly expanded its ongoing nuclear modernization program, deploying more types and more nuclear warheads than ever before.
“We estimate that China now possesses approximately 500 nuclear warheads, with many more in production to arm future delivery systems. China is now believed to have one of the fastest growing nuclear arsenals among the nine which are nuclear-weapon states,” it said. in learning China’s nuclear weapons, 2024.
China has developed about 440 nuclear warheads for delivery by land- and sea-launched ballistic missiles and bombers. About 60 more warheads were probably produced. In addition, more are in the production process to equip various types of missiles and bombers.
Currently, China has 216 medium-range missiles, 134 intercontinental ballistic missiles, 72 submarine-launched ballistic missiles and 20 strategic bombers capable of carrying a total of 438 nuclear weapons.
It was previously reported that Russia, China and the United States are modernizing and expanding their nuclear test sites. The United States will develop a modern version of the B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb.
Source: korrespondent
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