Pakistan, June 17 -- China's nuclear arsenal has grown faster than that of any other country, reaching an estimated 600 warheads by early 2025, adding momentum to the global arms race and raising strategic concerns, an independent international institute said Monday.

The country's nuclear stockpile has been expanding by roughly 100 warheads per year since 2023, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in its SIPRI Yearbook 2025, warning that a new and dangerous nuclear arms race is taking shape amid a widespread weakening of arms control frameworks.

According to the report, by January this year, China had built or nearly completed around 350 new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos and could have at l...