China's nuclear arsenal reached 500 warheads in 2024, think tank says

China likely increased its nuclear arsenal by 90 warheads to 500 in the 12 months to January 2024, an international security think tank said Monday, pointing out that Beijing is "expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other country."The total number of warheads stockpiled for potential use among the five recognized nuclear powers of the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain plus the defacto nuclear states of India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel increased by nine to 9,585, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.Including retired warheads, the overall n…READ FULL ARTICLE