Growing Concerns That China's Nuclear And Military Buildup Raises The Risk Of War In Asia

China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. © GREG BAKER / AFP 

 L.A. Times: China's nuclear and military buildup raises the risk of conflict in Asia 

It was already a dangerous race: China versus the United States, each pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into missiles, submarines, warplanes and ships, vying to dominate the Indo-Pacific. That race may now go nuclear. 

A Pentagon report released this month estimated that China may have 700 nuclear warheads by 2027 and 1,000 by 2030 — a dramatic increase from last year’s assessment that China’s 200 or so warheads would only double over the next decade.  

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Update #1: China’s nuclear weapons build-up signals a new arms race (Tom Fowdy, RT).  

WNU Editor: The Pentagon certainly sees China's nuclear arms expansion impacting long term US strategic interests .... Mark Milley Calls China’s Alleged Nuclear Buildup ‘One of Largest Shifts in Geostrategic Power Ever’ (Sputnik).  

Update #2: Here is a comprehensive breakdown of China;s nuclear forces .... Nuclear Notebook: Chinese nuclear forces, 2021 (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists).