Amid tensions on the border, China has made a huge increase in its nuclear weapons stockpile in the last year. The latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an organization that monitors nuclear weapons, states that China has developed 60 new nuclear weapons in the last year.
Assessing the global situation in the report, it has been said that in the year 2022, all the nine countries with nuclear power including Pakistan are engaged in making their nuclear stockpile powerful and modern.
These countries are America, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. Several countries have deployed new nuclear-capable weapon systems.
Amid fears of a Third World War due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, SIPRI Director Dan Smith has said that we are moving towards the most dangerous time in human history.
The SIPRI report states that in January 2022, China had 350 nuclear weapons, which increased to 410 in January 2023. The apprehension of China continuously developing its nuclear power has also been expressed. Sipri says that by the end of this decade, China can develop Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) in equal numbers to America or Russia.