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People's Republic of China (PRC)
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NPT Nuclear Weapon State
- Arsenal Size:
Most opaque nuclear weapons state; limited open source information.
Approx. 200 warheads (130 strategic warheads and about 70 additional warheads in storage).
Key Delivery Systems:- 80 land-based missiles.
- 20 strategic bombers.
- one ballistic missile submarine equipped with 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
- no credible evidence to confirm that non-strategic weapons still remain in operational force.
- Estimated Destructive Power: Unknown
- Military Fissile Material Stockpile: (estimates)
Plutonium: 4 mt (+/- 50 %)
HEU: 22 mt - Disarmament and Commitments to Reduce Arsenal Size
Legal obligation to pursue global disarmament under Article VI of the NPT.Future Commitments
In support of verifiable FMCT negotiation. The treaty should not cover existing stockpiles. - Nuclear Weapons Policies
1. Nuclear testing:- Observed nuclear testing moratorium since July 1996.
- Signed but not ratified CTBT.
2. Use of nuclear weapons:- Adopted no-first use policy.
- Committed not to use nuclear weapons against members of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, and Pelindaba. Has not signed Bangkok, but reiterates its support.
- Acknowledged the commitments of the NWS to negative security assurances in UN Security Council Resolution 984 (1995).
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