Main Trends in the Development of China’s Missile and Nuclear Forces
... carrying multiple warheads, which is intended to arm the not-yet-commissioned Type 096 SSBNs. The air component of China’s nuclear triad has traditionally been considered the least developed, but significant progress is also evident there. In 2019, ... ... into account its ongoing buildup and the Pentagon’s alarmist projections, which suggest that China could field around one thousand warheads by 2030, this figure still falls well short of the arsenals maintained by the United States and Russia. Claims ...