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13Gv4VhZ6llymEvrRTE1VYzLw0hg_1Ai3zTBenH2i_Ms | china-has-been-expanding-its-nuclear-weapons-arsenal | data-insight | { "body": [ { "size": "narrow", "type": "image", "filename": "nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-china-desktop.png", "parseErrors": [], "smallFilename": "nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-china-mobile.png" }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "China has significantly increased its number of nuclear warheads in the last 20 years.", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "In 2003, the country had 235 warheads. A steady increase brought this number to 280 in 2018, and a more recent acceleration to 410 as of 2023.", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "China now has a larger nuclear arsenal than France and the United Kingdom, as the chart shows.", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "It is not the only country expanding its arsenal: India and Pakistan ", "spanType": "span-simple-text" }, { "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-lines?time=2003..latest&facet=none&country=CHN~IND~PAK", "children": [ { "text": "have also increased the number of their warheads", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "spanType": "span-link" }, { "text": "; and the global distribution of warheads remains dominated by Russia and the United States, which each have ", "spanType": "span-simple-text" }, { "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-warhead-inventories", "children": [ { "text": "several thousand warheads", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "spanType": "span-link" }, { "text": ".", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "But China has been the country most rapidly expanding its number of nuclear weapons in recent years.", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "This increases the risk of accidents and ", "spanType": "span-simple-text" }, { "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons-risk", "children": [ { "text": "the threat nuclear weapons pose to humanity", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "spanType": "span-link" }, { "text": ".", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] }, { "type": "text", "value": [ { "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons#few-countries-possess-nuclear-weapons-but-some-have-large-arsenals", "children": [ { "text": "Read more about nuclear arsenals", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "spanType": "span-link" }, { "text": " \u2192", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "parseErrors": [] } ], "refs": { "errors": [], "definitions": {} }, "type": "data-insight", "title": "China has been expanding its nuclear weapons arsenal", "authors": [ "Bastian Herre" ], "approved-by": "Ed", "grapher-url": "<a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-lines?time=2003..latest&country=GBR~FRA~CHN\">https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-lines?time=2003..latest&country=GBR~FRA~CHN</a>" } |
1 | 2024-04-10 08:06:57 | 2024-04-18 06:57:01 | 2024-04-16 12:26:43 | unlisted | ALBJ4LsQIe_VxJHFuraLPj0FNpnQRfMvodbsS5MOWXPF53zHpWORXJOyS3iq7PKicriX1LFp_Z3V2dvRi30yHA | <Image filename="nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-china-desktop.png"/> China has significantly increased its number of nuclear warheads in the last 20 years. In 2003, the country had 235 warheads. A steady increase brought this number to 280 in 2018, and a more recent acceleration to 410 as of 2023. China now has a larger nuclear arsenal than France and the United Kingdom, as the chart shows. It is not the only country expanding its arsenal: India and Pakistan [have also increased the number of their warheads](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-warhead-stockpiles-lines?time=2003..latest&facet=none&country=CHN~IND~PAK). And the global distribution of warheads remains dominated by Russia and the United States, which each have [several thousand warheads](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nuclear-warhead-inventories). But China has been the country most rapidly expanding its number of nuclear weapons in recent years. This increases the risk of accidents and [the threat nuclear weapons pose to humanity](https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons-risk). [Read more about nuclear arsenals](https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons#few-countries-possess-nuclear-weapons-but-some-have-large-arsenals) → | China has been expanding its nuclear weapons arsenal |