According to a report published by the Pentagon, China is expanding its nuclear weapons considerably faster than expected, closing the gap with the US.
According to the report on wednesday, China might have 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027, and 1,000 by 2030 — a nuclear arsenal two-and-a-half times the size estimated by the Pentagon only a year ago.
The United States, on the other hand, possesses approximately 3,750 nuclear weapons and no plans to increase them, according to the Pentagon. In 2003, the overall number of American warheads was estimated to be around 10,000.
