US concerned over rapid increase in China’s nuclear weapons stockpile

Washington/Beijing. China is rapidly increasing its nuclear weapons stockpile and by the year 2030, the number of nuclear weapons it has can reach at least 1000. This has been said in a Pentagon report. It said that China is increasing the number of its land, sea and air-based nuclear capability systems and building the necessary infrastructure to expand its nuclear power.

This report has come at a time when there is tension in relations between America and China over many issues including Taiwan. The Pentagon’s new estimate is much higher than last year’s report, as it said Beijing’s nuclear warheads could be around 400 within a decade. He said that China is increasing its capacity to manufacture and separate plutonium by building state-of-the-art reactors and reprocessing facilities and through this is taking cooperation in the expansion of its nuclear power.

In this report, concerns have been expressed about China’s aggressive stance against Taiwan, India and Beijing’s tough stance against Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The Pentagon says that by 2027, China may have up to 700 nuclear weapons and Beijing intends to have 1000 nuclear weapons by 2030.