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A Pentagon official said the military expansion is part of China’s overall strategy for a sweeping modernisation and to establish itself as a leading global power by 2049 Washington: The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads within a decade with the ability to launch them aboard ballistic missiles by land, sea and air, the Pentagon said in a report Tuesday. Aside from aiming for technological parity with the United States, the People’s Liberation Army is also focused on conducting joint operations, to be able to deter or defeat any US effort to intervene on Taiwan’s behalf,...
