China: Nuclear Weapons
Commons · Question 118327 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to question 115862 on China: Nuclear Weapons, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the a) diversification and b) modernisation of it
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 13 Mar 2026
The UK’s nuclear policy, most recently outlined in the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, remains unchanged. China is undertaking a significant programme of nuclear expansion and modernisation. The pace and scale of these developments, coupled with limited tr...