Chinese sub-launched nuclear deterrent at hand-report
- Published: 10 Nov 2012 at 02.47
- Online news: Asia
For the first time China is close to reaching a "credible" nuclear deterrent based on land-based, submarine-launched and air-dropped nuclear weapons, a draft US report warned Friday.
Members of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a military open day in Hong Kong in April 2012. For the first time China is close to reaching a "credible" nuclear deterrent based on land-based, submarine-launched and air-dropped nuclear weapons, a draft US report warned.
The report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said China's military, the People's Liberation Army, "continues to modernize and expand its nuclear stockpile."
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