China has likely deployed over 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles in its newest silo fields and shows no interest in arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report highlighting Beijing's expanding military ambitions.
The Asian powerhouse is expanding and modernizing its weapons stockpile faster than βany other nuclear-armed power, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a Chicago-based non-profit.
Beijing has described reports of a military buildup as efforts to "smear and defame China and deliberately mislead the international community."
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he may βbe working on a plan to denuclearize with China and Russia.
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