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China Nuclear Forces Guide

Chinese nuclear forces, 2019 by Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, June 30, 2019

DIA Estimates For Chinese Nuclear Warheads by Hans M. Kristensen, FAS Security Blog, May 31, 2019

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FACILITIES ICBM / IRBM SLBM Theater Missiles Bomber Bases Other Airbases Air Defense Nuclear CBW C3I

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Sources and Resources

• Chinese Deep Sea Manned Submersible Research and Technology: An Open Source Analysis of the Scientific Literature by Mark Gorwitz, January 2012
• Chinese-Pakistani Dual-Use Related Research: Annotated Open Source Bibliography by Mark Gorwitz, April 2022
• Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Agreement between the USA and China, April 2015
• The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the 21st Century, Office of Naval Intelligence, April 2015
• The Chinese People's Liberation Army in 2025, Roy Kamphausen and David Lai (eds.), US Army War College Press, July 2015
• The Science of Military Strategy 2013, Chinese Academy of Military Science
• Red China's "Capitalist Bomb": Inside the Chinese Neutron Bomb Program by Jonathan Ray, Institute for National Security Studies, January 2015
• Chinese Nuclear Forces and U.S. Nuclear War Planning (FAS/NRDC, November 2006)
• China articles on FAS Strategic Security Blog
• Other Resources