Back الصين وأسلحة الدمار الشامل Arabic চীন ও গণবিধ্বংসী অস্ত্র Bengali/Bangla Armas de destrucción masiva en la República Popular China Spanish Kiinan joukkotuhoaseet Finnish נשק להשמדה המונית בסין HE Tiongkok dan senjata pemusnah massal ID 中華人民共和国の大量破壊兵器 Japanese 중화인민공화국의 대량살상무기 Korean Chińska triada nuklearna Polish China e as armas de destruição em massa Portuguese
| People's Republic of China | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First nuclear weapon test | October 16, 1964 |
| First thermonuclear weapon test | December 28, 1966 |
| Last nuclear test | July 29, 1996 |
| Largest yield test | 4 Mt
|
| Current stockpile | 500[1] |
| Current strategic arsenal | 438[1] |
| Cumulative strategic arsenal in megatonnage | 294 megatons (2009 est.)[2][3] |
| Maximum missile range | 15,000 km[4] |
| NPT party | Yes (1992, one of five recognized powers) |
The People's Republic of China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons. The first of China's nuclear weapons tests took place in 1964, and its first hydrogen bomb test occurred in 1966 at Lop Nur.[5] Tests continued until 1996, when the country signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), but did not ratify it.[6] China acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1984[7] and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1997.[8]
The number of nuclear warheads in China's arsenal is a state secret.[1] There are varying estimates of the size of China's arsenal. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and Federation of American Scientists estimated in 2024 that China has a stockpile of approximately 438 nuclear warheads,[1][9] while the United States Department of Defense put the estimate at more than 500 operational nuclear warheads,[10] making it the third-largest in the world.
In 2011, the Chinese government published a military white paper, which repeated its nuclear policies of maintaining a minimum deterrent with a no-first-use pledge, though the definition of "minimum deterrent posture" is unclear.[11]
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- ^ Zhang, Hui (April 11, 2024). "The short march to China's hydrogen bomb". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ Borger, Julian (April 16, 2020). "China may have conducted low-level nuclear test, US claims". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "China: Accession to Biological Weapons Convention". United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the Status of Participation in the Convention". Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "Status of World Nuclear Forces". Federation of American Scientists. March 31, 2023. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ Feng, Emily (October 19, 2023). "New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads". NPR. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ Kristensen, Hans M.; Norris, Robert S. (November 27, 2015). "Chinese nuclear forces, 2011". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 67 (6): 81–87. Bibcode:2011BuAtS..67f..81K. doi:10.1177/0096340211426630. ISSN 0096-3402.
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