The U.S. Defense Information Department stated in the latest evaluation that China is advancing the plans to quickly upgrade and expand the land, sea, and air nuclear arsenal.
Bloomberg News reported on Thursday (October 24) that the report of the US Defense Intelligence Agency introduced in detail how China establishes land -based missile bases including about 300 launch wells, while expanding highway mobile intercontinental ballistic missile forces.And further develop a bombing aircraft fleet that can carry air -raw ballistic missiles.
The Intelligence Department of the Pentagon said in the 2024 nuclear challenge report that "China has the rapid and fastest expansion and ambitious modernization of nuclear forces in history -almost definitely to compete with the United States for a long time."
The report also introduced the nuclear expansion of Russia and North Korea in detail, but China is the number one focus.The National Defense Intelligence Agency's evaluation began in 2021 that China is expanding the nuclear arsenal at a far higher speed. The goal is to double the number of nuclear warheads from 500 to at least 1,000 by 2030.There are currently about 3750 nuclear warheads in the United States.
The report also states that China and Russia may deploy more accurate and more penetrating weapons.
The National Defense Intelligence Bureau estimates that most of China's growing nuclear arsenal can crack down on the US native nuclear warheads, and China "may also be seeking low equivalent nuclear warheads" to be used for regional threats.US military and allies.To this end, Beijing is increasing the reserves of the theater-level delivery system, such as the Dongfeng-26 medium-range ballistic missile.
