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  • Pentagon: China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal
  • China 'to have up to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027'
  • In 2020, the U.S. projected China would have 400 nuclear warheads by 2030

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In 2020, the US Defense Department had projected that China would have 400 nuclear warheads by 2030.

Pentagon: China plans to produce over 1,000 warheads by 2030

A new report by the Pentagon claims that China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and "intends to produce over 1,000 warheads by 2030”.

Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense said that the accelerating pace of the China’s nuclear expansion may enable the country "to have up to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027".

In 2020, the US Defense Department had projected that China would have 400 nuclear warheads by 2030.

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The report also said that China is heavily investing in and expanding the number of its land, sea and air-base nuclear delivery platforms and constructing the infrastructure necessary to support the expansion.

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