China, other states, fortify nuclear weapons arsenals: Report
Think tank says China had 17 percent more nuclear warheads in January 2023 compared with the year before.
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Think tank says China had 17 percent more nuclear warheads in January 2023 compared with the year before.
China led the world in building more nuclear weapons last year and could have an arsenal as big as the United States by the end of the decade according to new research.
Monday June 12, 2023 - The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are continuing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, with China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads rising by 17 percent in 2022, according to a new report by Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In the SIPRI Yearbook 2023 released on Monday, June 12, the think tank estimated…
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