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A look at China’s narrowing military gap with the US
Comparative measures of the U.S. and Chinese militaries:
Active-duty troops:
United States: 1.3 million
China: 2 million
Defence budget:
United States: $685 billion
China: $170 billion
Strategic nuclear weapons(asterisk):
United States: 3,800
China: 280
Ships:
United States: 289
China: approximately 300
(asterisk)Nuclear weapons numbers are classified; figures are estimates by the Federation of American Scientists
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