China’s nuclear arsenal growing fastest, to touch 1,500 warheads by 2035: SIPRI

China’s nuclear arsenal growing fastest, to touch 1,500 warheads by 2035: SIPRI

China has the world’s fastest-growing nuclear weapons arsenal and could have as many intercontinental ballistic missiles as the United States and Russia by 2030, according to latest analysis from the Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI).

A Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles group formation marches to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, on October 1, 2019 (Photo: Shen Shi/Imagine China/Reuters)