Carnegie-Tsinghua October 22, 2018
According to open-source research , China currently has fewer than 300 nuclear warheads and feels that the credibility of its existing nuclear deterrent is not strong enough. China’s main goal is not to significantly increase its number of nuclear weapons. Instead, arm certain submarines with nuclear warheads. The plan is to diversify the structure of its nuclear force and to make sure that each category of nuclear weapons would be as survivable as possible… read more. Related article: Tides of Change: China’s Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines and Strategic StabilityÂ
All figures are approximate. Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2018