Defense Department report: China to have 1K nuclear weapons in arsenal by 2030

SpaceWar.com reports: “The Chinese Communist Party intends to add more nuclear arms to its growing arsenal while expanding its global influence and sovereignty, a Department of Defense report says.

The 182-page report is titled, ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2024,’ and states that China’s leadership is growing more confident in flexing the communist nation’s military might in pursuit of global political gains.

‘Beijing has demonstrated an increasing willingness to use military coercion and inducement to achieve these aims,’ the Defense Department says.

Defense officials say the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy ‘seeks to reshape the international order into what it calls a ‘community of common destiny’ to support its strategy to realized ‘rejuvenation’‘ of China as a dominant world power.

Chinese leaders ‘claim their power to shape world events continues to grow, presenting ‘new strategic opportunities’ to create an environment favorable to [Chinese] interests and national rejuvenation,’ the Defense Department’s report states…”

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