{"id":1758924,"date":"2022-12-01T19:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T00:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758924"},"modified":"2022-12-01T19:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T00:02:59","slug":"pentagon-china-blitzed-passed-u-s-estimates-for-nuclear-buildup-could-have-1000-warheads-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-china-blitzed-passed-u-s-estimates-for-nuclear-buildup-could-have-1000-warheads-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: China Blitzed Passed U.S. Estimates For Nuclear Buildup, Could Have 1,000 Warheads By 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-china-blitzed-passed-u-s-estimates-for-nuclear-buildup-could-have-1000-warheads-by-2030%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> has built up its nuclear arsenal at a rate that has far outpaced U.S. estimates and is projected to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense<\/a> (DOD).<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3230682\/china-military-power-report-examines-changes-in-beijings-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> a report on China\u2019s military on Tuesday stating that the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) has accelerated its nuclear program. China\u2019s current purpose in building up its nuclear arsenal appears to be deterrence and retaliation, if necessary, according to information collected by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, the DoD estimated China\u2019s operational nuclear warhead stockpile was in the low-200s and expected to at least double by 2030. However, Beijing probably accelerated its nuclear expansion, and DoD estimates this stockpile has now surpassed 400 operational nuclear warheads,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Nov\/29\/2003122279\/-1\/-1\/1\/2022-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy 2030, DoD estimates that the PRC will have about 1,000 operational nuclear warheads, most of which will be fielded on systems capable of ranging the continental United States,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon estimates that by 2035, China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army could have as many as 1,500 operational nuclear warheads at its disposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC probably intends to develop new nuclear warheads and delivery platforms that at least equal the effectiveness, reliability, and\/or survivability of some of the warheads and delivery platforms currently under development by the United States and\/or Russia,\u201d the report says. \u201cDeveloping robust nuclear strike options is likely intended to provide deterrence predominantly against a \u2018strong enemy,\u2019 as well as ensure China can inflict unacceptable damage with both proportionate and overwhelming retaliatory capabilities, and thus denying an adversary victory if a war escalates to the nuclear domain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon estimates that China\u2019s military has the largest navy and the third largest air force in the world. Defense officials are also skeptical of Beijing\u2019s claims that it is adhering to agreements to limit the construction of biological and chemical weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese labs and factories, as well as its missile technology is advanced enough that it could weaponize biological and chemical agents or toxins and attach them to missiles, U.S. officials estimate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC\u2019s chemical and biotechnology infrastructures are sufficient to research, develop, and produce some chemical and biological agents or toxins on a large scale,\u201d the report says. \u201cChina probably has the technical expertise to weaponize chemical and biological warfare (CBW) agents, and China\u2019s robust armaments industry and numerous conventional weapon systems, including missiles, rockets, and artillery, probably could be adapted to deliver CBW agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-China relations have grown more tense recent years along with the outbreak of COVID-19 and China\u2019s increasingly aggressive moves in its region, such as taking control of Hong Kong and threatening Taiwan. U.S. President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House in November. Among other topics, the leaders discussed the use of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden raised Russia\u2019s brutal war against Ukraine and Russia\u2019s irresponsible threats of nuclear use. President Biden and President Xi reiterated their agreement that a nuclear war should never be fought and can never be won and underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine,\u201d a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/11\/14\/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-meeting-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">readout<\/a> of the meeting says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has built up its nuclear arsenal at a rate that has far outpaced U.S. estimates and is projected to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade, according to the Department of Defense (DOD). The Pentagon released a report on China\u2019s military on Tuesday stating that the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1758927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1758924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1758924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}