Stockholm, June 16 -- China has added 100 new warheads in 2023 and 2024 resulting in an increase of its nuclear arsenal to at least 600, according to an estimate by international security think tank SIPRI, which has warned about the emergence of a "dangerous new arms race."

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday launched its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Key findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2025 are that a dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at a time when arms control regimes are severely weakened.

Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states--the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel--continue...