New FAS Nuclear Notebook: Chinese Nuclear Forces, 2016 July 1, 2016
Click on image to download Notebook. By Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris China’s nuclear forces are limited compared with those of Russia and the United…
Read moreClick on image to download Notebook. By Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris China’s nuclear forces are limited compared with those of Russia and the United…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen The Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military developments mainly deals with non-nuclear issues, but it also contains important new information about developments in…
Read moreby Richard L. Garwin “Supporting and expanding on Frank von Hippel’s cogent and exciting narrative of some of the great accomplishments of the Federation…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen I was reading through the latest Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and wondering what I should…
Read moreDuring a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on March 16, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the ranking member of the committee, said that U.S. Strategic Command had failed to…
Read moreNew and updated publications from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following. The Chinese Military: Overview and Issues for Congress, September 18, 2015…
Read moreChina’s military research and development program is organized around 16 “national megaprojects” that are intended to advance and transform that country’s capabilities in core technology areas including electronics, aerospace, clean…
Read moreThe U.S. Air Force last week issued updated guidance both to foster and to limit contacts with Chinese military personnel, based in part on classified Defense Department directives.
Read moreUpdated below In 2013, the Academy of Military Sciences of the People’s Liberation Army of China issued a revised edition of its authoritative, influential publication “The Science of Military Strategy”…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen The biggest surprise in the Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military power is the claim that China’s ICBM force now includes the…
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