For China, the pursuit of an ALBM capability may suggest real concern about the survivability of its existing nuclear forces. With an estimated 270 nuclear warheads, China is not a near-peer nuclear adversary of the United States and has a lean force posture built around a longstanding pledge ...
China's military modernization is proceeding on a wide front, but its nuclear advances are especially notable. The Chinese may already have established what is known as a nuclear triad — the combination of land-, sea-, and air-based missiles that the United States and Russia have had ...
"We never compete with any country on the input, quantity or scale of nuclear capability, nor do we participate in any form of nuclear arms race with any other country." On January 3, the leaders of China, Russia, the U.S., the UK and France, the five nuclear-weapon states, issued ...
very high priority to a nuclearweaponsprogram. They almost certainly consider that a demonstration of their capability to produce nuclear weapons would confirm their claim to great power status. We believe that the Chinese Communists will carry their nuclear weapon program forward as rapidly as ...
Indeed, after developing a nuclear-weapons capability in the 1960s, China produced only a small number of vulnerable nuclear weapons against the expectation of nuclear deterrence theory and despite confrontational relations with both nuclear superpowers. To explain China's nuclear choices, I utilize ...
Under UN resolutions, the DPRK is barred from developing missiles and a nuclear weapons capability, but Pyongyang argues that the arsenal is needed for self-defense against the "hostile" United States.
And while no weapons have been built,The New York Timesreported Saturday that China now has the capability to miniaturize its bombs, according to administration officials. The newspaper reported that, according to officials, the Chinese stole the U.S. nuclear secrets from Los Alamos National Labora...
The no-first-use policy has effectively helped China to establish a moderate nuclear capability that is adequate to deal with nuclear threats from the outside and to maintain a delicate strategic balance. The policy has also contributed to strategic stability particularly in the Asia-Pacific region...
Either way, the possibility of a new Chinese glider capability from space is raising concerns, particularly if it is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and able to evade current missile defense systems. “It will give the Chinese the ability to conduct a nuclear strike anywhere in the world...
“The People’s Liberation Army now has an increasingly credible capability to undermine our missile defences and threaten the American homeland with both conventional and nuclear strikes,” said Gallagher. “Even more disturbing is the fact that American technology has contributed to the PLA’s hyper...