中国が急速に核弾頭を増やすつもりだと

　最近までの保有数はざっと400。これを2030年には1000まであげようとしているのだとか。

BBC China has sharply expanded nuclear arsenal, US says 20 Oct 2023　By Matt Murphy

　それでも米国（5244）やロシア (5889）に比べれば少くはあるんですが。
　2027年までに台湾を奪取すべく、軍事能力を増強せよと指示したと伝えられる中、まあ、あまり気分の良い話ではありません。

「China has significantly expanded its nuclear stockpile over the past year and is now holding some 500 operational warheads, the US has said.

An annual report released by the Pentagon also said Beijing hoped to double its arsenal to over 1,000 warheads by 2030.

But it said China remained committed to a "no-first-strike" nuclear policy.」

「While the report said the rise exceeded projections, China's stockpile is still dwarfed by those of Russia and the US.

Russia has a nuclear arsenal of some 5,889 warheads and the US can field 5,244, according to the independent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.」

「President Xi Jinping has declared China will field a "world-class military" by 2049. Since he came to power in 2012, he has sought to modernise the country's armed forces.」

「Mr Xi has reportedly ordered his defence chiefs to develop the military capability to forcibly re-take the island by 2027.」

　だいたい、この1000という目標数は予測されたもののようだが―なにしろ、目標達成時期が推定よりいささか早い様子であり。

「He also conceded that China was "moving slightly faster than estimated" towards its stated goal of 1,000 warheads.」

　兵器なんぞつくるよりひまわりを―という運動には共感を持つところだが（これはどこですか、どこかの教団の推しだったような）、こういう局面でこそいいたいところではある。