{"id":180935,"date":"2023-10-20T16:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180935"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:15:50","slug":"china-is-surging-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/china-is-surging-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"China is surging NUCLEAR weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>China is surging NUCLEAR weapons production, will DOUBLE its arsenal to 1,000 warheads by 2030, and is exploring new intercontinental ballistic missile system to threaten U.S., Pentagon warns<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>China already has more than 500 nuclear weapons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That is more than U.S. officials previously thought<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Beijing slammed the U.S. report as &#8216;full of prejudice&#8217; as relations reach new low<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China has accelerated its production of nuclear weapons and is set to double its arsenal to over 1,000 by 2030, the Pentagon has warned.<\/p>\n<p>As of May this year Beijing had &#8216;more than 500 operational nuclear warheads&#8217; which was more than the U.S. had previously believed.<\/p>\n<p>Its military is on track to &#8216;exceed previous expectations,&#8217; the Pentagon said in its annual China Military Power Report.<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure is a further blow to relations between the world&#8217;s two largest economies, which are already at their lowest ebb in years.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions are growing over a range of issues including China&#8217;s aggressiveness toward Taiwan, its military activities in the South China Sea, trade, and human rights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/16\/76807501-12654321-image-a-1_1697815859586.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/16\/76807457-12654321-image-a-2_1697815895911.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Xi Jinping (center) poses for photos with the new commander of the rocket force Wang Houbin\u00a0 (top left)<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. defense officials said surge in nuclear weapons building &#8216;raises a lot of concerns for us&#8217; and urged Beijing to be &#8216;more transparent on their nuclear buildup.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The official said: &#8216;We see the PRC (People&#8217;s Republic of China) continuing to quite rapidly modernize and diversify and expand its nuclear forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What they&#8217;re doing now, if you compare it to what they were doing about a decade ago, it really far exceeds that in terms of scale and complexity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Federation of American Scientists the U.S. has a stockpile of about 3,700 nuclear warheads, of which 1,419 strategic nuclear warheads are deployed.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has a stockpile of 4,489 nuclear warheads, of which about 1,550 are deployed.<\/p>\n<p>The report said China is looking to expand its capacity to launch nuclear weapons from land, air and submarines.<\/p>\n<p>It also said China may be pursuing a new intercontinental missile system using conventional weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The system would allow Beijing &#8216;to threaten conventional strikes against targets in the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has &#8216;probably completed&#8217; construction of 300 intercontinental ballistic missile launch facilities, the report said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/16\/76807453-12654321-image-a-3_1697815957046.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chinese helicopters in a training exercise<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/16\/76807371-12654321-image-a-4_1697815986340.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Xi Jinping wants to boost the Chinese military<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s Navy, already the largest in the world, now has more than 370 ships and submarines, up from the 340 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The expanding naval force is central to President Xi Jinping&#8217;s goal of make China the preeminent military power in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The report reiterated concern about pressure by Beijing on self-ruled Taiwan, an island China sees as a breakaway province.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure against Taiwan includes ballistic missiles flying over and increased incursions by warplanes.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials also said Beijing is &#8216;almost certainly&#8217; learning lessons from Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might be like.<\/p>\n<p>It is trying to develop industrial and economic self-reliance after seeing how Western sanctions hit Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/16\/76807471-12654321-image-a-5_1697816035186.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Xi Jinping with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in March<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/16\/76807505-12654321-image-a-6_1697816069150.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Square during a military parade<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s foreign ministry slammed the report as inaccurate and &#8216;prejudiced,&#8217; although it did not specificially dispute the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said: &#8216;China firmly pursues a nuclear strategy of self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;This report ignores the facts, is full of prejudice and spreads the theory of the threat posed by China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have always kept our nuclear forces at the minimum level required for national security and have no intention to engage in a nuclear arms race with any country.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;No country will be threatened by China&#8217;s nuclear weapons as long as it does not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against China.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Beijing said it remains committed to a &#8216;no first use&#8217; nuclear weapons policy, meaning it would never launch a preemptive strike.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. does not adhere to a &#8216;no first use&#8217; policy and says nuclear weapons would be used only in &#8216;extreme circumstances.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Xi has given his military until 2027 to develop the military capability to retake Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has committed billions of dollars in weapons to Taiwan to build up its defenses and help it counter any potential 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