The Pentagon, the US Defense Ministry, has released its annual report on China’s military preparedness, which has stunned the world. According to the Pentagon, China is rapidly building up a stockpile of nuclear bombs. In the year 2024, China has 600 operational nuclear bombs which is 100 more than in the year 2023. China intends to deliver it to 1000 nuclear bombs by the year 2030.

China has built 3 new silos to hide its nuclear missiles. China has 550 intercontinental ballistic missile launchers and 400 missiles and has increased 50 launchers and 50 American Kill missiles compared to last year. The number of China’s ICBM launchers has now become more than America. China is increasing the number of its DF-31A ICBM and DF-5 liquid fuel missiles. The Pentagon report says that China is not only increasing the number of nuclear bombs but is also diversifying them and making them more lethal. However, the report also says that China’s modernization plan will be affected due to corruption in the army, says the report.

It may be noted that in his March 2021 speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping detailed that the 2027 modernisation goal is the first step in a broader modernization effort of China. The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) 2027 modernization goal aligns with the 100th anniversary of the PLA’s founding. PLA writings note the “three-step” modernization plan connects “near-, medium-, and long-term goals” in 2027, 2035, and 2049, respectively, the report adds.

It may be noted that to compete with the US, China intends to increase its N capacity by the year 2035. The number of intercontinental missiles that China has to hit America has reached 400. At the same time, the PLA army has 1300 medium-range missiles that can cause nuclear devastation in countries like Japan, the Philippines, and India. China’s navy has also become the largest in the world, and it is also growing continuously.

The report adds that China’s goals for modernising its armed forces in the “New Era” are to accelerate the integrated development of mechanization, information technology, and intelligentisation while boosting the speed of modernization in military theories, organizations,........

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