World War 3: How many nuclear weapons does china have?
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) estimates China may have 200 to 300 nuclear warheads in its possession-based on estimates made in 2011.
In 2015, atomic scientists Robert Norris and Hans Kristensen suggested the country has approximately 260 warheads.
They added the number is slowly increasing and includes roughly 190 operational examples.
An assessment by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) estimates the country has at least six different types of nuclear payload assembly.
They include:
- A 15 to 40 kiloton fission bomb
- A 20 kiloton missile warhead
- A three megaton thermonuclear missile warhead
- A three megaton thermonuclear gravity bomb;
- A 4 to 5 megaton missile warhead
- A 200 to 300 kiloton missile warhead
The FAS also estimates China has 150 tactical nuclear warheads on short-range ballistic and potentially cruise missiles.
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