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New Pentagon Report Estimates China May Have 1,500 Nuclear Warheads By 2035

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New Pentagon Report Estimates China May Have 1,500 Nuclear Warheads By 2035
People's Liberation Army's Bayi Building in Beijing, China. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

The Pentagon expects China to "basically complete modernization" of its military capabilities by 2035, according to a new report released Tuesday, to include potentially having a stockpile of 1,500 nuclear warheads by that time. The department’s latest “China Military Power” report notes Beijing’s efforts to expand its nuclear stockpile and provides an assessment on a range of military modernization initiatives from shipbuilding to fielding new hypersonic weapon and space capabilities. “This congressionally-mandated report serves as an authoritative assessment of DoD’s…

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