Beijing on Track To Have 1,000 Nuclear Warheads by 2030: Pentagon
An annual Pentagon report finds that China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads and will likely have 1,000 by 2030.
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00:00 A Pentagon report shows that China now has more than 500 nuclear warheads and will likely
00:05 have 1,000 by the end of the decade.
00:08 The report assesses the threat posed by Beijing and says China's nuclear buildup is expanding
00:13 faster than expected.
00:15 But its arsenal is still smaller than that of Russia and the United States.
00:18 Those countries both have thousands of missiles and warheads.
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