China's Nuclear Expansion Strategy Aims to Surpass US in Coming Decade
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US official warns China is rapidly expanding its nuclear capabilities to surpass the US within a decade, citing new missile silos, mobile and submarine forces, and long-range bombers.
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The development is part of a broader arms race and geopolitical tension between China and the US.
China, Wicker said, had “rapidly constructed hundreds of new missile silos, expanded mobile missile and ballistic missile submarine forces and invested in long-range bombers”, and called this “a strategy designed to surpass the United States in the coming decade”. The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wednesday’s hearing was held to receive testimony on the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)’s atomic energy defence activities in review of the Defence Authorisation Request for the financial year 2027 and the Future Years Nuclear Security Programme.
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Increased US investment in nuclear deterrence in response
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أسئلة مفتوحة
- Specific timeline for China's planned surpassal
- US's planned response to China's nuclear expansion
