The latest assessment from the defense department said China had increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads from the estimated 400 in 2021 to more than 500 as of May this year.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe this is classified but the United States keeps about 1700 nuclear weapons active located in ground and submarine ICBM’s or in cruise missiles at bomber bases. The rest are in storage. The United States regularly tests the delivery systems as does China. Russia hasn’t had a successful launch in several years.