New U.S. figures suggest that the size of the Chinese nuclear arsenal appears to has increased by about one-third since 2006, according to the Federation of American Scientists. The boost is linked to China's deployment of a new generation of solid-fuel cruise missiles and ICBMs.
The US is increasingly concerned about China's deployment of mobile land and sea-based ballistic nuclear missiles that have the range to hit the US, according to people familiar with an imminent Pentagon report on China's military.
The United States has been exaggerating China's nuclear clout in a process that could lock the two into a Cold War-style arms race, two arms-control advocacy groups said in a report on Thursday.
China has test launched a DF-31 long-range ballistic missile, according to a report by the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS. The missile was said to have been launched from the Wuzhai launch site on Monday night.
Commercial satellite photos made public recently provide a new look at China's nuclear forces and bases images that include the first view of a secret underwater submarine tunnel. A Pentagon official said the photograph of the tunnel entrance reveals for the first time a key element of China's hidden military buildup.
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China is preparing for nuclear war with the United States over Taiwan, and a conflict is likely in the near future because of divisions among Beijing's leaders, a Chinese democracy activist says.
China is building up its nuclear forces as part of a secret strategy targeting the United States, according to a former Chinese diplomat.
China is upgrading its nuclear arsenal and deploying more sophisticated missiles able to target “virtually all of the United States,” according to a new assessment from the U.S. Defense Department.
Jeffrey Lewis defuses the recent "threat" by Chinese General Zhu Chenghu to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons if the U.S. interferes in Taiwan by examining its relevance given China's long-standing committment to "No First-Use."
The latest evidence shows no signs that China is significantly expanding its long-range nuclear weapons capabilities to counter the United States and its planned national missile defense system, according to a private U.S. nuclear weapons analyst.