Kyodo: China plans to increase its nuclear arsenal by 2035MOSCOW, February 11/
Radio Sputnik. China is considering tripling its stockpile of nuclear warheads by 2035, Kyodo News reports.
According to the agency, the plan was approved by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The decision of the country's authorities is connected with a possible increase in tensions between China and the United States in connection with the situation around Taiwan, Kyodo sources suggested.
According to them, by 2027 China can increase the number of nuclear warheads to 550, and by 2035 – to 900.
Earlier, Sputnik radio reported that China had warned the United States of a high price in case of military aggression.
