US Senate warns of China’s nuclear capabilities hours before Xi-Trump summit

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In a significant warning from a US Senate hearing, concerns were raised about China's expanding nuclear capabilities just hours prior to a summit between Presidents Trump and Xi. The testimony highlighted China's rapid development of missile silos and mobile systems, emphasizing the urgency for US policy.

A US Senate hearing on nuclear capabilities issued a warning about China on Wednesday, hours before US President Donald Trump was due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. Senator Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in his opening statement that China has been engaged in an “unprecedented nuclear expansion” in recent years. China, Wicker said, had “rapidly constructed hundreds of new missile silos, expanded mobile missile and ballistic...