China will have a stockpile of 1,500 nuclear warheads “by 2035,” according to Western officials who worry that technological advances and geopolitical acrimony have raised the potential for nuclear conflict.
’s campaign to overthrow the Ukrainian government has raised the specter of nuclear weapons on the battlefield. And that war could figure as a portent of threats to come, Western officials suspect, if rogue states and vulnerable nations sense a growing incentive to acquire nuclear weapons of their own.
“We don't regard or assess China as an adversary. But China poses some challenges to our interests, to our NATO values, and to our security,” Stoltenberg said. “And that makes it even more important to engage with China because we see that they're investing heavily in new modern capabilities, long-range missiles, more than tripling the number of nuclear warheads within a few years. ...
China fumed at the communique, which also urged Beijing “to abstain from threats, coercion, intimidation, or the use of force” against Taiwan or in its other territorial disputes around the region. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Wenbin denounced the G-7’s putative “arrogance, prejudice and deliberate desire to block and contain China” and complained that Japan is protected by U.S. nuclear guarantees.
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