China’s Expanding Nuclear Arsenal and Military Reach Gravely Threaten Indo-Pacific Stability: Analysts
The regime's stockpile is estimated to have reached 600 nuclear warheads, putting it on track for the world's fastest expansion in recent years.
TL;DR
- China's expanding nuclear arsenal and military reach threaten Indo-Pacific stability.
- Sharing missile defense data and intelligence among the US, Japan, and Australia is critical.
- Attempts to unilaterally change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific by force or coercion are intensifying.
- Japan's Defense Minister noted that a certain country possesses a massive nuclear arsenal and strategic bombers.
- Japan, which lacks such weapons, is being accused of "new militarism".