The American Pentagon is concerned about its acceleration Chinese nuclear program, considering that the China It is modernizing its military to “confront the US” in the Indo-Pacific region and facilitate the reintegration of Taiwan, which it considers one of its provinces.
In a report released today, the US Department of Defense claims that Beijing is developing its nuclear arsenal very faster than expected and that may already be launching ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads from the ground, sea and air.
“Accelerating China’s nuclear expansion could allow it to have it 700 nuclear warheads until the 2027 (…). It is likely that Beijing will seek to equip itself with at least 1,000 nuclear warheads until the 2030, number greater than the estimated rate and volume 2020“, Reports this report of the US Department of Defense on the military capabilities of China, as broadcast by APE BPE.
In an earlier version of this report to Congress, which was released on September 1, 2020, the Pentagon estimated that China had “nearly 200” nuclear warheads, but considered that number would double over the next ten years.
With 700 nuclear warheads by 2027 and 1,000 by 2030, US military forecasts show very strong acceleration Beijing’s nuclear activities.
“China has probably already created a ‘nuclear trinity’,” the ability to launch ballistic nuclear missiles from the sea. soil and air, according with this report.
To arrive at these numbers, the authors of the report relied mainly on statements by Chinese officials in official media and in satellite photos showing the construction of a significant number of nuclear silos, a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Defense announced in the press, during the presentation of the said report, of which only a part of it was made public as the rest has been classified as confidential.
Forecasts include them submarine ballistic missiles and those who launch the bombers, as well as the “mobile rocket power”, which allows the launch of missiles from trucks, according to an official who asked not to be named.
“This worries us a lot,” the source was quoted as saying by Reuters, adding that the acceleration questions for their intentions “.
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