Chinese nuclear forces as of 2016

Hans M. Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists analyzed the Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military developments to sift out information on China’s nuclear forces.

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The Pentagon had concluded that as of 2016, China’s ICBM forces is not growing with the number of launchers steady at 50-75.

The Department of Defense found that the new DF-26 has yet to be deployed to missile units and there is a version of the nuclear medium-range DF-21 missile – designating it as CSS-5 Mod 6.