China has grown its nuclear arsenal from 410 to 500 in a single year
Experts said China was expanding its stockpile ‘faster than any other country’
The Pentagon warned that China may have as many as 1,000 by 2030
China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other major superpower, and is in command of 500, a top European think tank has warned.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute wrote in a report published on Monday that Xi Xinping has increased his nation’s nuclear stockpile from 410 to 500 in a single year.
The increase in nuclear weapons meant ‘China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other country’ in absolute terms, WMD expert Hans M Kristensen told Insider.