High Operational Alert Warheads

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Russian RS-24 Yars nuclear missile complex (NATO reporting name: SS-29) arrives during the main rehearsals of the military parade, in the Red Square, on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

CHINA NUCLEAR ARSENAL

Nuclear arms spending soars as global tensions swell

China is, for the first time, believed to have some warheads on high operational alert

Nina Larson
Johannes Ledel