China is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles across three silo fields and has no desire for arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report which highlighted Beijing’s growing military ambitions.
China is expanding and modernizing its weapons stockpile faster than any other nuclear-armed power. Beijing has described reports of a military buildup as efforts to “smear and defame China and deliberately mislead the international community.”
The article notes China has a strict self-defence only, no first launch policy.
Their entire arsenal is mobile in order to facilitate that kind of strategy.
The US, which makes no such promises, keeps missiles in dedicated launch facilities ready to go year round, is also expanding and updating its arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Which seems more alarming?
I think the article is about China creating dedicated launch facilities.
The US? Im not sure if im entirely missing the point youre making here