> china's military power report 2024 > key findings from the us department of defense's report on china's military power:  by the time cmpr announced the suspension of work, early 2024, china already had more than 600 operational nuclear warheads.  all of china's roughly 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles are capable of reaching the continental united states (conus).  china has the world's leading arsenal of hypersonic missiles. - 3 new silo fields add 320 silos for solid-fuel icbms.  china is working to double the number of its df-5 liquid-propellant icbms, possibly to 50 silos.  china's four type 093b shang iii nuclear-powered guided missile submarines, three of which could be operational by 2025, could be equipped with land-attack cruise missiles.  currently, china has 5 types of icbms: df-21d, df-26, df-17, df-27, yj-21.  df-27 irbm/icbm with a range of 5,0008,000 km: the df-27 long-range ballistic missile is carried by an ssbn and likely has an hgv payload option, as well as conventional land-attack, conventional anti-ship, and nuclear capabilities.  potential targets include guam, alaska and hawaii. the pentagon estimates that china's actual defense budget is $330 billion to $450 billion.  china has the world's largest military force: 2.035 million active, 510,000 reservists and 500,000 paramilitary personnel.  the chinese navy already has more than 370 ships and submarines, including more than 140 large surface combat ships.  cmpr expects the pla navy to have 395 combat ships, including 65 submarines, by 2025; and 435 ships, including 80 submarines, by 2030.  the chinese air force has 51 y-20a heavy transport aircraft, whose range of up to 2,400 nautical miles can be increased by 16 y-20u tanker aircraft.  china has stationed 400 marines at its base in djibouti.
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