‘China’s nuclear weapons surge’ US report says US is the biggest nuclear threat

Foreign Ministry spokesperson criticizes US Department of Defense report

(Beijing = Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Jun-hyeong = The Chinese government responded to the US Department of Defense report that China is rapidly increasing its nuclear weapons capabilities, calling it “a joke full of prejudice.”

“As long as no country uses nuclear weapons against China, there will be no threat from China’s nuclear weapons,” Wang Wenbin, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said at a regular briefing on the 4th.

“As with previous similar reports, it ignores facts and is full of prejudice,” Wang said.

“In fact, the United States is the world’s biggest source of nuclear threat,” he said.

In a report titled “Military and Security Developments Including China,” submitted to Congress on the 3rd (local time), the U.S. Department of Defense predicted that China’s nuclear warheads will increase to 700 by 2027 and exceed 1,000 by 2030. looked forward

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