Admiral Sir Tony Radican

Since the end of the Cold War, every year from 1990 to 2022, there were fewer and fewer nuclear weapons in the world. In 2022, for the first time, that changed and there were more such weapons at the end of the year than at the beginning, and that is due to China. So that's obviously a reason to be very concerned about this. It's also that China is not transparent about what their plan is.

Since the end of the Cold War, every year from 1990 to 2022, there were fewer and fewer nuclear weapons in the world. In 2022, for the first time, that changed and there were more such weapons at the end of the year than at the beginning, and that is due to China. So that's obviously a reason to be very concerned about this. It's also that China is not transparent about what their plan is.