China may quadruple its nuclear arsenal by 2030. The United States Department of Defense warned in its annual report on November 3 that China “likely intends to have at least 1,000 warheads by 2030.” It also showed China is now capable of delivering nuclear missiles from land, sea and air—a triple threat known as the “nuclear triad.”
China has made other worrying developments to its military in recent months. On July 27, it became the first nation to fly a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) around the world. The HGV travels at five times the speed of sound and can be maneuvered to avoid air defenses. The highest-ranking military officer in the United States, woke Gen. Mark Milley, described the test as a “Sputnik moment,” referring to the 1957 Soviet Union launch of the world’s first artificial satellite. “We’re witnessing one of the largest shifts in geostrategic power that the world has ever experienced,” woke Milley warned.
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