Top Republicans are raising alarms over news that China has surpassed the U.S. in its number of launchers for land-based nuclear missiles — and arguing for the U.S. to expand its own arsenal to keep pace.
Rogers, Lamborn, Fischer and then-Senate Armed Services ranking member Jim Inhofe.
Biden administration officials are set to brief the full Senate on the balloon on Thursday. The House is also likely to soon get briefed, leaders say. And House RepublicansChina’s military modernization, including its nuclear capabilities and a potential invasion of Taiwan, have been an early focus for Republicans.
“The [Chinese Communist Party] is rapidly expanding its nuclear capability. They have doubled their number of warheads in just 2 years,” Rogers said at the outset of Tuesday’s hearing. “We estimated it would take them a decade to do that.”
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