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China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than expected as it seeks to build global influence, the Pentagon said in a report released Wednesday.

A new Pentagon report estimates that China could have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, a quicker expansion of its nuclear arsenal than previously believed.

China is on track to have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, according to a Pentagon report released Wednesday. The new projection for China's

Ivan Cholakov/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- China is rapidly increasing the size of its nuclear arsenal and could have as many as 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, according to a new Pentagon report released Wednesday. The development comes on the heels of China's recent test of a hypersonic weapon that has raised serious concerns about China's military buildup and its growing capability. "The accelerating pace of the PRC's nuclear expansion may enable the PRC (People's Republic o...

607 Within six weeks of having okayed a plan to make six next-generation stealth conventional submarines, the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday formally invited bids for the Rs 43,000 crore ($5.8 billion) project. - File photo Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 20 Within six weeks of having okayed a plan to make six next-generation stealth conventional submarines, the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday formally invited bids for the Rs 43,000 crore ($5.8 billion) project. The Defence Acquisition Cou...

Congress should play a leading a role in steering the United States toward a strategically prudent and responsible missile defense policy—one that maximizes U.S. national security interests while averting an unnecessary nuclear arms race at a time when conventional challenges loom large.

Ajay Banerjee Tribune News Service New Delhi, June 4 In an attempt to kick-start its long-pending submarine procurement plan, the Ministry of Defence on Friday okayed the proposal to invite bids fo

Chinas Military Is Having More Than Just a Growth Spurt The Peoples Liberation Army is embracing all those capabilities that make an army more deadly than mere numbers suggest. Heres What You Need to Remember: Chinese military power is changing shape and expanding beyond its Western Pacific backyard. Western media seized on a new Pentagon report that Chinese bombers are training to strike deep into the Western Pacific, including Guam, the Philippines and Japan. But Chinas military is improving...

"China is taking steps to establish a commanding position in the commercial launch and satellite sectors relying in part on aggressive state-backed financing that foreign market-driven companies cannot match." — US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in its 2019 Annual Report to Congress. "Chinese and Russian space activities present serious and growing threats to U.S. national security interests. Chinese and Russian military doctrines also indicate that they view space as critical ...

The ‘most dangerous place’ can be the safest By Yang Chung-hsin 楊宗新 In the May 1 issue of the weekly The Economist, Taiwan was the cover story, with the sensational headline “The most dangerous place on Earth.” [One of the issue’s two articles on Taiwan,] which detailed changes in the trilateral relationship between Taiwan, China and the US, caused a stir in Taiwan. Some of the article’s arguments, which focus on China’s growing military strength, make sense, but are not en...