Beijing now possesses some 500 operational nuclear warheads, a new Pentagon report says.
  • CommanderCloon@lemmy.mlEnglish
    172·
    1 year ago

    While the numbers are wrong, the argument still stands that with a 4th of China’s population, the US has more than 10 times the Chinese nukes count

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Right, but the number is pointless, as any use by a nuclear power will result in total world destruction.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Alternative perspective: anyone increasing their number is concerning, any nuclear superpower increasing their number indicates intent to use. We have too many but they’re ones we haven’t gotten rid of. We aren’t making more, we’re using ours mostly as trading chips to disarm others