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posted by martyb on Wednesday September 02 2020, @08:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the working-so-well-for-North-Korea? dept.

China working to double nuclear warheads:

China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next 10 years - from an estimated figure in the low 200s it has now - and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear attacks by land, air and sea, a capacity known as a triad, the Pentagon has revealed.

The annual report to Congress on China's military marks the first time it has put a number to China's nuclear warheads. The Federation of American Scientists has estimated that China has about 320.

The Pentagon said the growth projection was based on factors including Beijing having enough material to double its nuclear weapons stockpile without new fissile material production.

Begun, the Second Nuclear Arms Race has?


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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:16PM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:16PM (#1045605) Journal

    Neither side would win anything.

    No? What about those juicy reconstruction contracts?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:30AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:30AM (#1045663) Journal

    You mean cleaning up the radioactive glass contracts?
    I doubt there'll be enough ... something... to pay with any contacts after a nuclear conflict.

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  • (Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Thursday September 03 2020, @08:28AM

    by pvanhoof (4638) on Thursday September 03 2020, @08:28AM (#1045772) Homepage

    Reconstruction contracts after setting fire to the place? Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives ,a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting#Rome">approves of this.