There are growing concerns over China’s accelerated expansion of missile silos that could be used to house nuclear-tipped missiles capable of reaching the US.
ASPI’s Michael Shoebridge said Beijing has made an “art” of being opaque about its nuclear weapons capabilities.
“China is already doing everything it can to build up their nuclear weapons numbers and variants,” Mr Shoebridge, who is the Director of ASPI’s Defence, Strategy and National Security Program, said.
China’s nuclear warhead arsenal is estimated to be in the low hundreds but is expected to grow to 1000 warheads by the end of the decade.
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