China’s Sprint to Nuclear Parity, or Superiority?

China has started a sprint to nuclear parity with the US, if not to nuclear superiority

Chinese military vehicles, carrying DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles, drive past Tiananmen Square during a military parade in Beijing, China, on Sept. 3, 2015. Andy Wong/Pool/Getty Images

Commentary 

In a February 2021 article for the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Commander Admiral Charles Richard wrote, “China’s nuclear weapons stockpile is expected to double (if not triple or quadruple) over the next decade.”