China pushing new generation of nuclear weapons: report

The Hill: China is reportedly stepping up its development of next-generation nuclear weapons, holding tests to simulate blasts more often than the United States is.

The United States carries out less than one such test a month on average, while China’s average is five tests a month.

China conducted about 200 nuclear blast simulations between September 2014 and December 2017, according to the China Academy of Engineering Physics, a major Chinese weapons research institute.

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