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China's Nuclear Buildup: A Race to One Thousand
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Chinas nuclear weapons production is surging, with satellite images revealing major upgrades at secretive facilities. The stockpile is expected to reach one thousand by the end of the decade, prompting concerns about a long-term arms race and potential misunderstandings in tense standoffs with the U.S. and its allies. Key sites for making plutonium pits and high explosives are expanding, with new buildings, bigger security, and fresh infrastructure. The Lop Nur test site in Xinjiang hints at possible future tests, raising fears of a shift to launch-on-warning, which could spark accidental escalations.
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