Popular Mechanics:
China is building more nuclear-armed submarines to stay one step ahead of the U.S. and other adversaries. That’s the assessment from an arms control think tank, which believes China’s leaders are leaning toward basing their nuclear weapons at sea to prevent their destruction in a surprise attack.
Although China will not likely built more nuclear weapons, it will likely build more submarines to conceal a larger and more effective second strike capability beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean.
Unlike the United States and Russia, China has a very simple nuclear doctrine: China will not use nuclear weapons first. If you nuke China, China will nuke you back. That’s pretty much it. China doesn’t need a whole lot to keep its nuclear policy credible. It has just 250 to 300 nuclear warheads, as opposed to America’s 6,450.
