{"id":968518,"date":"2021-11-04T16:59:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968518"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:59:27","slug":"chinese-media-slams-pentagon-report-on-growing-nuclear-arsenal-as-speculative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-media-slams-pentagon-report-on-growing-nuclear-arsenal-as-speculative\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Media Slams Pentagon Report on Growing Nuclear Arsenal as \u2018Speculative\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fchinese-media-slams-pentagon-report-on-growing-nuclear-arsenal-as-speculative%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=968518&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 class=\"subheading\"><span>Chinese state media on Thursday denounced a new Pentagon report on China\u2019s growing nuclear arsenal as \u201cspeculative,\u201d without actually denying anything in the report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2021\/Nov\/03\/2002885874\/-1\/-1\/0\/2021-CMPR-FINAL.PDF\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span> on the \u201caccelerating pace\u201d of China\u2019s nuclear weapons program was published on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The report said China is amassing nuclear warheads at a much faster pace than DoD anticipated in its 2020 analysis. Last year, the Pentagon believed China had about 200 warheads and planned to double its stockpile over the long term, but this year the Pentagon estimated China is on track to have \u201cup to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027\u201d and at least a thousand by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A thousand warheads would still be much smaller than the American and Russian nuclear inventories, which include anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 warheads according to various reports, but would still give China devastating nuclear strike capabilities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DoD analysts said China is \u201cbuilding hundreds of new ICBM silos\u201d to hold missiles capable of delivering its nuclear warheads and is working hard on improving its long-range missile technology, including research into next-generation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/10\/17\/china-stuns-u-s-intelligence-hypersonic-missile-test\/\"><span>hypersonic<\/span><\/a><span> delivery vehicles.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The report noted China is also working on improving the other two legs of its nuclear \u201ctriad,\u201d its air- and sea-launched nuclear missile capabilities. These nuclear upgrades appear to be part of a comprehensive strategy by China to improve its ability to project military power and win long-distance conflicts with conventional forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re witnessing one of the largest shifts in global geostrategic power that the world has witnessed. If we, the United States military, don\u2019t do a fundamental change to ourselves in the coming 10 to 15 to 20 years, then we\u2019re going to be on the wrong side of a conflict,\u201d Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/chinas-nuclear-stockpile-growing-accelerating-pace-1000-warheads-by-2030\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> at a defense forum on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18158946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gen-mark-milley-2021-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18158946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gen-mark-milley-2021-ap.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Aug. 18, 2021 photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>A senior U.S. defense official told the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2021\/11\/03\/china-nuclear-weapons-pentagon-report\/\"><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>on Thursday the Chinese \u201cappear to have decided to go in kind of a different direction in terms of expanding their nuclear force in terms of size.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhereas before I would have said that they were gradually increasing the size \u2026 now they seem to be trying to take that up to a different level,\u201d the official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>China\u2019s state-run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1238102.shtml\"><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>on Thursday dismissed the Pentagon report as mere speculation and insisted China\u2019s nuclear arsenal is purely defensive in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChina is the only major nuclear power that has made the \u2018no first use\u2019 pledge. It will not deter non-nuclear countries and regions with nuclear weapons. It also emphasizes that it always maintains its nuclear force at the minimum level required for national security<\/span><span>,\u201d the <i>Global Times <\/i>insisted. \u201cThis means China will never engage in a nuclear arms race with the US, or seek to build a nuclear arsenal of equivalent scale as the U.S.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Chinese paper claimed the Pentagon report was just an excuse for the U.S. to justify \u201cincreasing military pressure on China\u201d and taking provocative steps such as \u201cencouraging the Taiwan authorities to take risky and hostile policies against the Chinese mainland.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWashington has no accurate information about China\u2019s nuclear force building at all, nor does it have a method to substantially pressure China over nuclear weapons,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>insisted, dismissing the Pentagon report and other U.S. concerns about China\u2019s military buildup as \u201cpropaganda\u201d and \u201csmoke bombs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18610378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/China-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18610378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/China-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Military vehicles carrying DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missiles participate in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People&#039;s Republic of China. (Greg Baker\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Military vehicles carrying DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missiles participate in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China. (Greg Baker\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cWhatever Washington says about China\u2019s nuclear arsenal, we can just snub them. We should dynamically maintain the nuclear power needed for ensuring our national security and ensuring the credibility of our nuclear deterrence to provide solid support for national security,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese state media on Thursday denounced a new Pentagon report on China\u2019s growing nuclear arsenal as \u201cspeculative,\u201d without actually denying anything in the report. 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