China has probably loaded more than 100 of its nuclear-armed solid-fuelled DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) into three silo fields near its border with Mongolia, a new draft Pentagon report says, according to Reuters.
The draft report, which could still change, also assesses that China does not want to have talks on arms control, Reuters reported, as is hoped for by U.S. President Donald Trump, who is pushing for denuclearization with Beijing as well as Russia and North Korea.
Trump has recently accused China of conducting secret nuclear tests and threatened that the U.S. would resume its own. Beijing denied Trump’s accusation and said it upholds its international obligations on non-proliferation.
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