They used to have 18 to 20 nuclear weapons that they could deliver. Now they're in the hundreds. So they're near peer power with the United States and the Soviet Union now. And They're not even covered by any of the restrictions that we negotiated with the old Soviet Union. and still carried on into the era when it was Russia and no longer the Soviet Union. So, again, a lot of reason to worry about the Chinese and a lot of reasons to be prepared. (19:47–19:53)
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Asserts that China is not covered by nuclear restrictions negotiated with the Soviet Union.
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