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China signals buildout of nuclear missile silos for ‘strategic trump cards’

China has given a rare acknowledgement that it has built more nuclear missile silos in recent years, with state television airing a documentary on the construction programme. In an...

Nuclear power is China’s key for transitioning to a fully renewable grid design

Between late 2016 and August 2026, China connected 27 new nuclear reactors to its grid. In the same period, the United States connected two. As Jacopo Buongiorno—professor of nucle...

China’s missile test reveals fragile state of world nuclear governance

On July 6, a Chinese strategic nuclear submarine fired a missile carrying a training dummy warhead into a designated area of the Pacific. Beijing described the launch as routine, s...

​Nuclear war: still a possibility?

In 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in US tactical nuclear forces. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was supposed to take parallel steps,...

Why did a Chinese bomber carry a nuclear-capable missile in an anti-ship exercise?

The People’s Liberation Army has unveiled the first official footage showing a nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile, the Jing Lei-1, mounted on an H-6N bomber in combat-r...

India And China’s Nuclear Readiness Shift Raises Risks Across Southern Asia

India’s nuclear arsenal has undergone a notable transformation, with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reporting that the country expanded its stockpile from 180...

N. Korea's nuclear capabilities grow 100,000 times over 30 years: unification minister

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday North Korea's nuclear capabilities have grown 100,000 times over the past 30 years, insisting that pursuing North Korea's comple...

China’s missile test from a submarine is no guarantee of regional stability

China successfully tested an intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missile on July 6, firing it from a nuclear-powered submarine and joining an elite club that includ...

China is building nuclear reactors faster than the West. Can it keep up the pace?

When Francois Morin, China director at the World Nuclear Association – a leading international industry body – took a group of foreign nuclear engineers to a Shanghai Electric plan...

PLA Rocket Force highlights ‘major danger signal’ from Japan in nuclear terror study

Chinese cities must brace for a potential nuclear attack, a new study has warned, singling out Japan for “sending a major danger signal” to the world. The report, from a People’s L...

China Fires a Submarine-Launched Nuclear Missile Into the South Pacific, Drawing Condemnation

The first submarine-launched missile Beijing has publicly confirmed firing into international waters reached the South Pacific with almost no warning.

First Fuel Loading Begins at Tianwan Unit 7 — CNNC Implants the 'Energy Heart' of a 900MW-Plus Nuclear Base

On August 12, the first fuel assembly was precisely loaded into the reactor core of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Unit 7, marking the start of first fuel loading for the largest nucl...

Japan has enough plutonium to make 5.500 nuclear warheads — Chinese ambassador

Zhang Hanhui concluded that Japan's "transformation into a nuclear power no longer looks like a fantasy"

Ex-PLA colonel on US’ decline and China’s nuclear arsenal

Zhou Bo is a retired senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army, a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy, and the author of the...

Why China’s JL-3 made waves with first submarine-based missile test in over 40 years

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a missile test in the Pacific last month. The July 6 launch – in which a dummy warhead travelled 8,000km (5,000 miles) – was China’s...

China, the US, and Nuclear Energy Geopolitics in Southeast Asia

Nuclear reactor exports are becoming an increasingly important arena of strategic competition.

N. Korea typically estimated to have 80-120 nuclear weapons: defense minister

North Korea is estimated to have around 80 to 120 nuclear weapons, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Thursday, offering a figure higher than U.S. President Donald Trump's recent c...

Hualong One and Linglong One: China Nuclear Power Technology Takes Flight With 41 Reactors Deployed and Modular Small Re...

CNNC Hualong One reaches 41 units deployed or under construction, Linglong One small modular reactor reaches 90% installation as first SMR passing IAEA safety review globally.

The Rules-Based Nuclear Bomb

Traditional accounts of nuclear nonproliferation obfuscate that states with the bomb sell the path to it and are planning to use it themselves.

China's 'chemical trap' targets seawater uranium, beats US benchmark 8-fold

India eyes nuclear power in Andamans as China challenge grows near Malacca Strait

Scientists are currently evaluating potential locations for Small Modular Reactors throughout the archipelago. This pivotal initiative is designed to bolster the islands' energy re...

Northeast Asia's nuclear deterrence is maturing faster than its diplomacy

South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads, far above Trump's figure

Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers that North Korea was generally believed to have around 80 to 120 warheads, after US President Donald Trump commented a day earlier that...

US weighs tactical nukes as China, Russia raise escalatory stakes

The US may be entering a period of significant nuclear reassessment as it confronts a growing mismatch between its predominantly strategic arsenal and adversaries increasingly prep...