Does china have weapons of mass destruction?
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China is estimated to have an arsenal of around 400 nuclear warheads, down from 435 in 1993. China is thought to have produced some 600 nuclear warheads since 1964, and U.S. intelligence and defense agencies predict that over the next 15 years China may increase the number of warheads on primarily U.S-targeted missiles from 20 to between 75--100.
816877
No.  Unless you think that our deadly enemies of the time (USSR, Peoples Rep. of China and all their satellite nations) who would have loved to embarrass the US were all some how paid off to not mention their radar and radio telescopic readings.  Common sense...our enemies were tracking it the same as we were...if there had been any funny business...they would have screamed bloody murder...instead, they re-doubled their own space and missile programs.
632888
No. Not just on its military. China's economy is growing rapidly. China's products are exported to all over the world especially in most Asian countries and some European contries. Through economic growth, its power status grows. China's economy is among the strongest in Asia, if not the world. So if China's economy gets bad, it will affect most countries that it has economic ties with. So, its power status is dependent on its rapidly-growing economy and not just its military although its military is the largest in the world.\n\n(China used to be a communist country but things have since change a bit after nearly a century the communist party took over the country which used to be a monarchy. China is kinda like just partially communist now.)
241416
China has always been a threat.\n\nNuclear weapons do not increase that risk.  They provide balance that results in a healthy trade arrangement.
662513
No.  China is great at defending itself, but that is about it.  There is no reason to invade the Chinese mainland, so don't expect a war any time soon.
354662
Yes.  They have communist ties.  Unfortunately there really is no such thing as a communism because of fall of Russia.  Very few countries continue to follow those dead beliefs, but China [except for Hong Kong] and Cuba still do.
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I agree with the answerer who states that the term "Weapons of Mass Destruction" is a term the media came up with for dramatic purposes, I will use the term in my answer just for the sakes of ease and clarity.\n\nWhile some of the answers I read to this question target the United States of America, the US government does not "support" the indescretionate use of weapons of mass destruction.\n\nThe only parties that support the indescretionate use of wmd's are the like of terrorists. \n\nI must, however, concede that America did bomb Japan twice and have done our best to turn parts of countries like Afganistan and Iraq into parking lots if you take my meaning, we did not do that without absolute cause. The United States, as well as other countries with "wmd's", only supports their use when all other options have been exhausted. \n\nThe two Atomic bombs we dropped on Japan were reciprocity, and they worked. Japan was not a big problem afterwards. As far as the massively heavy artillery we have used in Iraq and Afganistan, they were simply needs of war. \n\nAt the end of the active cold war, the leaders of the United States and Russia both agree on a hope that anyone with weapons powerful enough to destroy the world, (ie, Nuclear bombs) would be smart enough to never use them.\n\nIn other words, America and Russia were in a race to have the most Nuclear bombs...not to use them, but to keep the Nuclear Equilibrium. Whereas terrorists aquire one dirty bomb simply for the purposes to use it.
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Why would it take another terrorist attack on our own soil to destroy us as a superpower?  I don't understand your reasoning.\nActually, since most of our manufacturing is now done in China, I think the big C is headed in that direction anyway.  I've always felt that China would one day be our biggest, greatest, strongest enemy.  (And you can bet your a** that the present f-ups in the Middle East have the Chinese people sitting back and chuckling; they won't even have to lift a hand to destroy the US.  We are doing that for them.  When we have nothing left here but the desperately poor and the outrageously rich--the rich will all fly off to "the islands", and China will put us all to work for them)  (At even lower "wages" than their people make.....)
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Man, tell me honestly, do you really want Iran to have nuclear weapons. Forget your equality crap and think logically, do you really want Iran, who wants to kill you, to aquire nuclear weaponery??\nAlso, I think you're a bit misinformed since Pakistan has had a nuclear weapon program since the '70s, claimed they had the technology in the early '80s, and it's main supplier was China, NOT the US.
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oh yes even taiwan have u.s help China will still win and u.s will lost more troop in iraq which mean more that 3000 will be kill. becuase China have the world larger amry.
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Anything is possible.  Watch what China does; they are the main protector of the DPRK (North Korea).  If China actively distances itself from the DPRK or abandons communism, the DPRK will have nowhere else to turn except to its brethren in the ROK (South Korea).
767052
When I foreigner asked me why did USA attacked Iraq. Where are the weapons of mass destruction, Where are the chemical weapons.
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We have the technological edge over China, at least so far.\nThey have numbers. Lots of numbers. Multiples of numbers.\n\nBut there's another side to this other than the military side. Where does most of our stuff come from these days? China. Got to war with them, and we lose a significant portion of our goods.\n\nWho has hundreds of billions of dollars hoarded up? China. Go to war with them, and they can wreck our economy, perhaps irrevocably.\n\nCould we win? Maybe... but it wouldn't be much of a win even if we did...
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NO COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION!!!!\nBut if one country has them, there rest should be allowed to have them!
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No Weapons of Mass Destruction. The use Depleted Uranium. The lack of rebuilding Iraq. Halliburton stealing untold billions of dollars. Bush's ties to Saudi Arabia where the terrorists came from. The fact that the price of oil has doubled and Bu$h's big oil ties rankle average Americans. The fact that the government either let 9-11 happen or was involved in the whole thing as a "New Pearl Harbour" event.\nLook up Project for a New American Century and New pearl Harbour and this search will open your eyes. The neo-conservatives who appear to be willing to let America self destruct rather than support America at home. \n\nThe fact that millions of illegal immigrants are flooding the United States and the National Guard is in Iraq. \n\nPre-Emptive wars. They are immoral.\n\nLook for another 9-11 like event blamed on Iran. Look for Russia to retaliate for any preemptive strike on Iran. America does not want to be involved in pre-emptive wars. The money is being pilfered by the ultra rich while the poor are becoming poorer. Wallstreet wins and the average American is losing. A trillion dollars worth of war time debt that America's children will have to pay for a war that was started from false information.\n\nChina is making moves and America is now heavily in debt to China. \n\nThere a many thousands of reasons why America does not want to be involved in foreign entanglements but the main reason is because war is wrong. Refuse to partipate in them. They have become nuclear battlefields with more radiation then hundreds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki A Bombs. \n\nPeace is Patriotic.
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China is definitely up and coming and is already one of the major players in the world strategy game. Whether it will be the only player, only time will tell. \n\nSomeone once asked Deng Xiaoping whether democracy has proven to be a superior system of government. He answered: "it is too early to tell as it has only been in exsitence for about 500 years". \n\nWhether China wants to be a world superpower is another story - not everyone wants to be able to project its power even though it has it. Throughout history, China has not expanded outside its borders since historical times even though it had the means to do so. It used to use bribery to improve relations and trade rather than invading and colonising any other country.
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As far as I know, rockets arent used for defense, but offense.  The Chinese used rockets for displays, but there isnt any sign it was ever used in war.  The Germans were the first to have effective martial rockets.