China's alarming nuclear arsenal

Concerns over China‘s nuclear intentions rose recently as the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, published a new report finding that the Chinese nuclear arsenal is expanding rapidly.

The number of operational nuclear warheads globally is increasing every year, the report found, with the most rapidly increasing stockpile belonging to China. The institute estimated that the size of China’s nuclear arsenal increased from 410 warheads in January 2023 to 500 in January 2024 and is expected to keep growing. For the first time, China may also be deploying a small number of warheads on missiles during peacetime.