China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons

22.02.2026 11:28 | Category World

US intelligence agencies suspect that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one secret test in recent years as part of an upgrade to its arsenal. CNN was informed about this by sources who are familiar with the estimates of American intelligence.

According to their data, Washington believes that Beijing is developing missiles, as well as small-capacity tactical nuclear weapons, which can be used, in particular, in the event of a possible conflict over Taiwan.

According to the sources, according to the American side, the data collected as a result of the analysis of the nuclear explosion carried out in Lobnor in 2020 gave grounds for concluding that the purpose of the test was to create a new generation of nuclear weapons.

In Washington, it is also assumed that one of the reasons for resuming the tests may be that China does not have enough practical data on the use of nuclear weapons. "They have a completely new generation of weapons for which they do not have a proper database," one of CNN's sources said.

The Pentagon has stated that it does not comment on intelligence assessments regarding alleged nuclear tests. And the representative of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, Liu Penyu, said that the USA "distorts and blackens China's nuclear policy".

According to him, this is "a political manipulation aimed at achieving nuclear supremacy and evading one's own nuclear demilitarization obligations." He also emphasized that China categorically rejects such statements and the claims of the US about conducting nuclear tests by China are "completely groundless".

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China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons

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