Analysis Shows China Nuclear Arsenal Grows Despite Xi’s Calls
Satellite images show new test, production and waste sites as China’s arsenal has more than doubled to 620 warheads, SIPRI said.
- Satellite analysis reveals China is rapidly expanding nuclear facilities across seven major sites, even as President Jinping meets Donald Trump on Thursday after repeatedly calling for nuclear stockpiles to be destroyed.
- Renny Babiarz, a geospatial intelligence expert, says a decision made under Jinping to invest in the nuclear program has driven this rapid expansion. Construction has surged, with apartment blocks and support infrastructure appearing at multiple facilities.
- China's arsenal has more than doubled to 620 warheads as of January, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Specialized facilities now include a 600-metre tube to test weapon durability against enemy blasts.
- Beijing largely refuses to discuss the program, diplomats note, arguing its arsenal remains about 10 percent of the more than 5,000 warheads held by Russia and the United States. China maintains a "no first use" policy and signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
- Patricia Lewis, a nuclear physicist and SIPRI board member, warns that testing is essential for developing new weapons. She said: "You can't really develop a new nuclear weapon without a test.
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Xi is expanding Chan's nuclear weapons across seven secret sites
China is rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons programme at at least seven major sites even as President Xi Jinping, who meets Donald Trump on Thursday, has repeatedly called for nuclear stockpiles to be banned and destroyed. Satellite analysis found large-scale construction at facilities and testing grounds across the country. At one site believed to make […]
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