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China called the number of nuclear warheads to "suppress US strategic ambitions"

China called the number of nuclear warheads for «suppressing US strategic ambitions»
Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin makes a note on his Weibo page, which is being actively discussed in China. The note indicates, what China needs more 1 thousands of nuclear warheads (including 100 Dongfeng 41), to “stifle US strategic ambitions”.

At the same time, China itself in the open access mode does not officially publish data on the number of its nuclear warheads. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), then the PRC in 2019 possessed 290 nuclear warheads, which put her in 4th place in the world after the USA, Russian Federation and France. In the same report, SIPRI was designated, that the United States has the largest number of fully operational nuclear warheads - 1750. Yet 4435 are in "storage mode and standby combat deployment".

A major Chinese edition of Sina notes, that SIPRI data cannot always be trusted. In particular, noted, that today China is not able to verify the exact number of nuclear warheads, present in the USA. Moreover, the same information resource writes, that in China the number of nuclear warheads may not be 290, and at least twice as much.

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China has always stated, that nuclear weapons are a deterrent to threats to the state, outgoing from outside. The country has, Unlike the United States, exclusively strategic nuclear weapons. China does not produce tactical nuclear warheads.
Returning to the words of Hu Xijin from the Global Times, celebrated, that not only the number of nuclear warheads is important for “suppressing US strategic ambitions”, but also logistics, associated with them. We are talking about, where it is more expedient to place them, what objects to target. noted, what is important to take into account the effectiveness of the use of nuclear bombs and missiles in terms of penetration through the missile defense system. Calculations are given on the number of probable victims when attacking American cities.

The Chinese media write about, that such data and the calculations themselves look “inhumane”, but it is added, that "the United States allows itself the same".

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