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Chiefs announce relocation to Kansas by the 2031 NFL season with new domed stadium
The Kansas City Chiefs made a major announcement on Monday, as they revealed their move from Missouri and Arrowhead Stadium to a new domed stadium in Kansas.
The Chiefs, in conjunction with Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, announced in a joint statement from owner and chairman Clark Hunt that the team will be heading to Kansas City, Kansas, following a meeting of the Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council.
"Today we are excited to take another momentous step for the future of the franchise," Hunt’s announcement read. "We have entered into an agreement with the State of Kansas to host Chiefs football beginning with the 2031 NFL season.
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"In the years ahead, we look forward to designing and building a state-of-the-art domed stadium and mixed-use district in Wyandotte County, and a best-in-class training facility, team headquarters, and mixed-use district in Olathe, totaling a minimum of $4 billion of development in the State of Kansas."
Kelly added: "This agreement to bring the Chiefs to Kansas takes our state to the next level. With this new stadium, we’re creating thousands of jobs, bringing in tourists from around the world, attracting young people, and most importantly, we’re continuing to make Kansas the best place in America to raise a family. This is a game-changer for Kansas, and it’s a signal to America and the world that our state’s future is very bright."
The Chiefs will remain at Arrowhead Stadium with its lease lasting through the 2030 season. But there certainly will be some bittersweet feelings considering how long the Chiefs have played at their current home.
Since 1972, the Chiefs have played at Arrowhead Stadium, which the late Lamar Hunt was instrumental in building in Missouri. It is, however, the oldest stadium in the NFL today.
But the big question for football fans remains: Why are the Chiefs moving?
It has been an ongoing debate for some time, but it revolves around ultimately who will help the Chiefs more in building their home of the future. Kansas outbid Missouri, and the former state’s STAR (Sales Tax and Revenue) bonds will be covering up to 70% of the cost of the new stadium.
Missouri did approve a plan this past summer that would pay up to half of the cost of the new stadiums for not only the Chiefs, but MLB’s Kansas City Royals as well.
The Chiefs and Royals share the same space at the Truman Sports Complex, but the baseball organization is looking to build its own new home and leave Kauffman Stadium in the past. The Royals were not involved in Monday’s announcement.
Voters in Jackson County, the jurisdiction that owns the Truman Sports Complex, blocked an extension of a 3/8-cent sales tax, which would’ve funded improvements to Arrowhead Stadium while helping finance a new Royals stadium. As such, both franchises were forced to look at other options, and the Chiefs made a big move here.
"The benefit to the entire region will be monumental," Hunt’s announcement continued. "A stadium of this caliber will put Kansas City in the running for Super Bowls, Final Fours, and other world class events. A brand new training facility and headquarters will allow the Chiefs to continue to attract top talent. And the vision for a new mixed-use district will rival that of any sports-anchored development anywhere in the country."
To further Hunt’s statement above, a domed stadium makes the new Chiefs home not just a possible Super Bowl destination, but would also play host to many other sporting and cultural events in the future.
Hunt did acknowledge how hard it is going to be to say goodbye to the city and place his father worked so hard to bring to Missourians and so many others who have supported the Chiefs for decades.
"It will be difficult to bid farewell to Arrowhead Stadium in a few years. Like so many of you, Arrowhead reminds me of family memories and unforgettable moments. But the truth is, what makes Chiefs game days so special is you. Seats don’t make noise, concrete doesn’t intimidate opponents, parking lots don’t cook barbecue. You do."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Trump unveils ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships, touts them as ‘more powerful than any' ever built
President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships on Monday, known as the "Golden Fleet," as he revealed he approved plans for two new "very large battleships."
"As you know, we're desperately in need of ships. Our ships are some of them have gotten old and tired and obsolete," Trump said, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan.
Trump said the new ships would be "100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," in an address from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
"We haven't built a battleship since 1994. These cutting-edge vessels will be some of the most lethal surface warfare ships … other than our submarines."
Trump said the Navy would immediately start procuring two ships, working up to 10 and eventually 20 ships to 25 ships in total.
The announcement comes at a time when the Trump administration has elevated shipbuilding to a White House–level priority, establishing a dedicated office to oversee maritime industrial policy and signaling a broader push to expand U.S. naval capacity.
Defense leaders for years have warned that the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base has struggled to keep pace with demand, citing workforce shortages, fragile supplier networks, aging infrastructure, and persistent delays at major shipyards.
Navy leaders have long pointed to shifting requirements and design changes after construction has begun as another factor driving delays and cost growth in major shipbuilding programs.
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In April, Trump signed an executive order declaring the erosion of America’s shipbuilding and maritime workforce a national security risk, directing a government-wide overhaul aimed at expanding domestic shipbuilding, stabilizing long-term funding, strengthening the workforce and countering China’s dominance in global ship production.
Inside the Navy, Phelan has echoed that urgency, warning that the service must "act like we’re at war" with shipbuilding and weapons production speeds. He has moved to overhaul the Navy’s acquisition culture, launching a new Rapid Capabilities Office designed to cut development timelines, enforce accountability and push new technology into the fleet faster than traditional Pentagon procurement allows.
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U.S. officials warn the shipbuilding crunch is colliding with an enormous capacity gap with China: the Office of Naval Intelligence has assessed that China has roughly 230 times the shipbuilding capacity of the United States, a disparity that has helped Beijing expand its fleet far faster than American yards can produce new hulls.
While U.S. officials say the Navy retains a technological edge in areas such as undersea warfare and carrier operations, they warn that China’s growing fleet size and industrial capacity are narrowing that advantage.
The U.S. Navy currently operates about 294 warships, while China now fields the world’s largest navy by hull count, with more than 370 ships in service.
At the same time, several of the Navy’s marquee programs have struggled with delays and cost growth, including the Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine, the Virginia-class attack submarine and the Constellation-class frigate, which has faced schedule pressure amid design and requirements changes.
Ohio kids as young as 8 steal car, lead police on chase crash into home, worried about Santa, presents: police
Three young Ohio boys, led by an 11-year-old at the wheel, led police officers on a chase in a car reported stolen before crashing into a home, prompting concerns about how the crime would impact a visit from Santa Claus, authorities said.
The chase began Saturday afternoon when a license plate reader alerted Newburgh Heights police officers about a Mazda 3 reported stolen in the area, according to a police report.
When an officer tried to initiate a traffic stop, the driver of the vehicle fled. The car eventually crashed into a nearby home and the three boys inside, ages 8, 11 and 12 — fled on foot, police said.
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The kids were quickly caught. The home had minor damage, the report said.
Police bodycam footage shows two boys standing near what appears to be a garage as an officer orders them to the ground. The third boy is seen a distance away and moving toward his friends after being ordered to do so.
The kids were heard cowering in fear.
"I'm sorry," one boy is heard saying. "Can you call my mom?"
"We're going to jail?" one boy is heard asking before being told the three would be detained. "Oh my God."
At one point, an officer escorts the 12-year-old to a police cruiser.
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"You're 12-years-old… stealing cars," the officer is heard saying. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
When questioned by investigators, the boys said they went to a store when they spotted a vehicle, authorities said. One boy allegedly said that "something just came over his body and he could not control it, he needed to take the car," a police report states.
They said they learned to steal cars from watching videos on YouTube, police said. Following their arrest, the boys were worried about how it would impact their holiday, police said.
"All three boys stated that they know right from wrong and admitted what they did was wrong," the report said. "While in our custody they were concerned about how this would affect Santa coming to bring them presents.
One boy allegedly told authorities that he was going to "get coal for Christmas" because of what they did, police said.
The suspects were released to their parents and guardians.
Judge blocks ICE from re-detaining Abrego Garcia – but signals ruling could come fast
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Monday extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from immediately re-detaining Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after the government again failed to produce a final removal order.
Xinis agreed to keep in place the TRO she issued earlier this month, which ordered Abrego Garcia's release from ICE custody and blocked immigration authorities from immediately re-detaining him.
The extension granted Monday rested on the court's earlier determination that ICE had not obtained a final court order needed to remove Abrego Garcia from the U.S. Without that removal order, Xinis said, Abrego Garcia could not remain detained in immigration custody.
Ultimately, Monday's hearing ended with little in the way of new information, including any information related to the deportation document or the other details Xinis has long requested from the Justice Department in order to effectuate his removal.
Instead, the proceedings were punctuated by statements of frustration from Xinis – the judge who has presided over Abrego Garcia's civil case since March – as she tried and failed to ascertain the status of the same deportation order she cited as the basis for his release from ICE custody 10 days earlier.
"I don't know what the government's position is," Xinis said Monday, exasperated.
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Xinis ultimately adjourned court with a vow to work "as quickly" as possible to issue a ruling.
She set a deadline of Friday – one day after Christmas – for the Justice Department to submit additional information on its removal plans, including the deportation document and third country of removal.
She also ordered additional information from the plaintiffs, due by the end of the month.
Lawyers for Abrego reiterated on Monday that his preferred country of removal is Costa Rica, which had agreed to accept him in August.
Xinis noted that the government told her in court last month that Costa Rica had rescinded its offer to accept Abrego Garcia; a subsequent declaration submitted by a government official for the country clarified that it had not.
She used her earlier order to excoriate what she described as the government's "persistent refusal to acknowledge Costa Rica as a viable removal option, their threats to send Abrego Garcia to African countries that never agreed to take him, and their misrepresentation to the Court that Liberia is now the only country available to Abrego Garcia, all reflect that whatever purpose was behind his detention, it was not for the ‘basic purpose’ of timely third-country removal."
Xinis reiterated these concerns Monday.
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She said that without the extension of the TRO, she feared that the Trump administration would seek to illegally detain Abrego Garcia "in the middle of the night" and without due process.
"I am trying to get to the bottom of whether there are going to be any removal proceedings," Xinis told the Justice Department lawyers on Monday. "You haven’t told me what you’re going to do next."
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Xinis used a separate memo opinion earlier this month to tick through, in extemporaneous detail, the court’s unsuccessful, five-month effort to obtain information from the Trump administration about ICE’s plans to deport Abrego Garcia to the four African countries it had identified for his removal – Uganda, Ghana, Eswatini and Liberia.
At times on Monday, Xinis struggled to keep her incredulity at bay. "I'm again making a finding that these representations, which are misrepresentations – are in bad faith," Xinis told the government lawyers.
The hearing was fairly short, and notable if only for the fact that Abrego Garcia, newly released from ICE custody, attended in person.
He addressed a large crowd outside the courthouse after the hearing adjourned.
Abrego Garcia's status has been at the center of a legal and political maelstrom since March, when he was deported to his home country of El Salvador, in violation of a 2019 court order and in what Trump officials acknowledge was an "administrative error."
Fox News Politics Newsletter: Trump admin pausing all off shore wind project construction
Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here's what's happening…
-Clinton spox demands Trump DOJ release 'any remaining' docs related to former president, Epstein
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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump's Department of Interior announced on Monday that, effective immediately, leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects being constructed in the United States will be paused.
In a press release, DOI wrote that the pause is due to "national security risks" identified by the Department of War in "recently completed classified reports."
In a press release, DOI says the pause will "give the Department, along with the Department of War and other relevant government agencies, time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects."…READ MORE.
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Lions fan involved in altercation with Steelers star denies using derogatory language toward player
The Detroit Lions fan who got into an altercation with Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf during a game on Sunday evening denied using derogatory language toward the player.
Ryan Kennedy released a statement through Head Murphy Law in Michigan on Monday, denying accusations that he used the "N-word," "C-word" or "any racial, misogynistic, or hate-based slur toward Metcalf." Kennedy’s reps called the allegations "completely false."
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"At no point before, during or after the incident did Mr. Kennedy use racial slurs or hate speech of any kind," the statement read. "The claims suggesting otherwise are untrue and are not supported by video evidence, eyewitness accounts, or any contemporaneous reporting. Despite reports in the media last night and today, Mr. Kennedy has not used such language during an interaction with Mr. Metcalf or any other players in the past.
"Since these false statements began circulating publicity, Mr. Kennedy has been subjected to harassment, threats, and messages advocating violence, creating serious concern for his and his family’s personal safety and well-being. No private individual should be falsely branded with such accusations or exposed to threats based on misinformation."
The statement said Kennedy will have no further comment as legal proceedings are anticipated.
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Metcalf was spotted confronting the fan, who was near the barrier on the Steelers’ sideline. He pulled the fan’s shirt and took a swing at the man who was wearing a black and blue shirt and a blue wig.
The man told the Detroit Free Press that Metcalf was upset that he called the wide receiver by his full name.
However, the NFL Network offered a conflicting report. The outlet said Metcalf reacted the way he did because the fan used derogatory language toward him and made a remark about his mother. Metcalf reportedly had a negative experience with the fan last year when he played for the Seattle Seahawks.
Metcalf is expected to face discipline in either the form of a fine or suspension.
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Manhunt underway for suspect accused of killing two people outside Chipotle restaurant
Federal and local authorities are offering a reward of up to $7,500 and asking for the public’s help to locate a suspect accused of killing two people in a March shooting outside a Chipotle in Brockton, Massachusetts.
The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of Massachusetts said 23-year-old Davinci Leonard has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
The Brockton Police Department responded to a 911 call for a reported shooting outside the Chipotle at about 7 p.m. on March 22, 2025.
When emergency crews arrived on the scene, they located a 15-year-old boy and 18-year-old woman who were both suffering from gunshot wounds.
Both victims were taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where the 15-year-old died. The 18-year-old was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she also later died of her injuries.
An investigation by detectives with the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and Brockton Police Department led to Leonard being identified as the suspected shooter.
Now, U.S. Marshals are on a manhunt to track Leonard down. They say he is a black man who is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
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Leonard is believed to have changed his appearance by cutting his hair, U.S. Marshals added, and he should be considered armed and dangerous.
The Plymouth Superior Court has issued an arrest warrant for Leonard’s arrest, along with authorization for a nationwide extradition.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is encouraged to contact the U.S. Marshals Service at 877-WANTED2.
CBS, Bari Weiss facing mounting backlash from liberal critics over yanking '60 Minutes' segment
CBS News and Bari Weiss are facing backlash after pulling a "60 Minutes" segment on Sunday about allegations of abuses at the notorious El Salvador prison CECOT, as two MS NOW hosts said it looked bad and another commentator compared the situation to "government-controlled TV."
"This looks so bad," MS NOW "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough said of the news on Monday, as co-host Mika Brzezinski agreed.
The segment "Inside CECOT" was going to feature correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi interviewing "some of the now released deportees, who describe the brutal and torturous conditions," and was promoted by CBS heading into the weekend. The Trump administration has come under criticism for sending Venezuelan migrants and others to the prison, as the administration touts its work to control the border and remove illegal immigrants.
"It was ready to go to the point it was promo-ed. They were putting it on air. They teased it on air. And now this is the fear is that of the new regime at CBS News, this has come true," host Jonathan Lemire added during the MS NOW show.
"Billionaires are compromising the most important journalistic institutions we have left in this country. The game is obvious, and in this case, Bari Weiss, who was, by the way, not a reporter, not a journalist, is cosplaying as one and is poisoning the well of one of the last bastions of investigative reporting that gets funded," Pablo Torre, a guest on the show on Monday, added.
Brzezinski said she's been through screenings for "60 Minutes" segments, as she worked there previously, and said editors tear apart every frame. The "Morning Joe" host appeared shocked that they promoted the segment and ended up yanking it.
"Morning Joe" also spoke to Walter Isaacson, a former CEO at CNN, who said "the real question" with regard to the yanked segment was whether "the administration is putting its thumb on its scale for political reasons."
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"And, you know, we have a pretty strong tradition for 250 years in this country not to allow administrations or the government to tell people what to run. I don’t know at all what’s happened at CBS. I’m just saying, when it comes to the regulatory questions, these things keep popping into our minds, and we should hopefully get those type of things dispelled," he said.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, posted on X about the segment being pulled and said it merited an explanation right away.
"This CBS thing does merit an explanation right away. It’s a pretty big deal to pull a story at the request of the White House. And if that’s not what happened everyone should know that too," he wrote.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.
"Bari Weiss is destroying CBS," Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch Network, wrote on X.
Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a staunch Trump critic, announced he was canceling his Paramount subscription.
"Bari Weiss — clearly a right winger, clearly in line with Donald Trump, has made it clear that 60 Minutes will do the administration’s bidding. This is the opposite of the free press," he wrote on X.
Podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen compared the situation to "government-controlled TV."
On the liberal-leaning social media site Bluesky, former ABC commentator Matthew Dowd said he'd previously worked with Alfonsi and "has more integrity in her little toe than Weiss has in her entire body." Dowd was fired from MS NOW in September after suggesting Charlie Kirk had brought the shooting that ultimately claimed his life upon himself with "hateful" language.
CBS announced Sunday that the segment was being held and would air in a future broadcast, reportedly due to concerns about not yet having an on-the-record response from the Trump administration for the newsmagazine segment. A CBS spokesperson told Fox News Digital it was determined the segment needed "additional reporting."
In a note to fellow "60 Minutes" staffers that quickly leaked to the media, Alfonsi said her segment was being held for political reasons, not editorial ones.
Alfonsi said Weiss had "spiked" the story and not given her a chance to discuss it further.
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"Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices," Alfonsi wrote. "It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
She also said it effectively gave the government veto power over a segment if it wouldn't air because officials declined to comment or participate. She added viewers would see yanking the story as corporate censorship.
Sara Fischer, a senior media reporter at Axios, said on CNN Monday that the media industry was "ablaze" over the segment being yanked.
"Zooming out, people think that this is evidence of how CBS‘ corporate parent is pulling the strings to cater favor with Trump ahead of trying to merge with or acquire Warner Brothers Discovery, which is the parent to CNN. I think for people at home, the reason that they should care about this is that ‘60 Minutes’ has been the highest rated news program in the country for 50 consecutive seasons, and part of the reason being there‘s a lot of trust that there is editorial independence. And so any time that starts to get questioned, as it has in the past few months, people are very sensitive," she said.
Weiss addressed the backlash, according to a CBS News source, on Monday morning.
"I want to say something about trust: our trust for each other and our trust with the public. The only newsroom I’m interested in running is one in which we are able to have contentious disagreements about the thorniest editorial matters with respect, and, crucially, where we assume the best intent of our colleagues. Anything else is absolutely unacceptable," she said, according to CNN, in comments confirmed to Fox News Digital.
She added, "I held a ‘60 Minutes’ story because it was not ready. While the story presented powerful testimony of torture at CECOT, it did not advance the ball — the [New York] Times and other outlets have previously done similar work. The public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment at this prison. To run a story on this subject two months later, we need to do more. And this is ‘60 Minutes.’ We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera. Our viewers come first. Not the listing schedule or anything else. That’s my north star and I hope it’s yours, too."
Fox News' Joseph Wulfsohn and David Rutz contributed to this report.
NASCAR legend reflects on Greg Biffle's tragic death: 'I get sicker and sicker'
Greg Biffle’s tragic death in a plane crash left the NASCAR world reeling last week, and former racing star Mark Martin appeared to still be in shock.
Martin made his feelings about Biffle’s death clear in a post on X on Monday.
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"Every day I get sicker and sicker about this tragedy," he wrote.
Biffle and Martin shared the track together from 2002 to 2009. Martin retired from racing professionally full time after the 2009 season, while Biffle continued to race through the 2016 season, and again in 2022. Martin and Biffle were with Roush Racing in the early 2000s as well.
Martin wrote that, as a pilot himself, the more "disturbing" Biffle crash becomes.
"As a Citation pilot for 20 years and a product of around 75 days of @FlightSafetyInt training and over 3000 hours of flight time in the aircraft I have deep knowledge of these aircraft and performance," he added. "The more I learn about Biffle’s crash the more disturbing it is to me."
Biffle, 55, was killed alongside his wife, Cristina, and children Ryder, 5, and Emma, 14, as their plane crashed at Statesville Regional Airport. Three other people killed on board were identified as Dennis Dutton, his son Jack and Craig Wadsworth.
The plane was returning to the Statesville Regional Airport roughly 10 minutes after takeoff for an "emergency landing."
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was still investigating the cause of the crash.
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China quietly loads 100+ ICBMs into new missile silos near Mongolia: report
China has reportedly loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles into three newly constructed silo fields near its border with Mongolia and shows little interest in arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report seen by Reuters.
The assessment underscores Beijing’s accelerating military buildup, with the report saying China is expanding and modernizing its nuclear forces faster than any other nuclear-armed power. Chinese officials have repeatedly dismissed such findings as attempts to "smear and defame China and deliberately mislead the international community."
The Pentagon declined to comment when contacted by Fox News Digital about the Reuters report.
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump said he may pursue denuclearization discussions with China and Russia. The Pentagon report, however, concluded that Beijing does not appear inclined to engage.
"We continue to see no appetite from Beijing for pursuing such measures or more comprehensive arms control discussions," the report said.
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According to the assessment, China has likely loaded more than 100 solid-fueled DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missiles into silo fields near the Mongolian border. While the Pentagon had previously disclosed the existence of the silo fields, it had not publicly estimated how many missiles had been placed inside them.
China’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The report did not identify potential targets for the newly loaded missiles and could change before it is formally submitted to Congress, U.S. officials said.
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China’s nuclear warhead stockpile remained in the low 600s in 2024, reflecting what the report described as a slower production rate compared to previous years. Still, Beijing is on track to exceed 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030.
China says it adheres to a nuclear strategy of self-defense and maintains a no-first-use policy. But analysts say Beijing’s public messaging increasingly contradicts that restraint.
"For a country that still advocates a policy of ‘no-first use,’ China has become increasingly comfortable showcasing its nuclear arsenal, including parading its nuclear triad together for the first time in September," said Jack Burnham, a senior research analyst in the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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Burnham said Beijing’s rejection of arms control talks reflects the pace of its weapons construction. "China has no interest in locking in a long-term strategic disadvantage, and every intention of building an arsenal on par with its perceived place in the world, alongside and potentially eventually ahead of the United States," he said.
The report also warned that China expects to be able to fight and win a war over Taiwan by the end of 2027. Beijing claims the self-governed island as its own territory and has never ruled out the use of force.
China is refining options to seize Taiwan by "brute force," including long-range strikes up to 2,000 nautical miles from the mainland that could disrupt U.S. military operations in the Asia-Pacific, the report said.
The findings come as the 2010 New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, approaches expiration. The treaty limits both sides to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
"What is surprising is that China has now loaded only about 100 of the silos it has built recently," said Gordon Chang. "That’s an indication money is tight in the People’s Liberation Army."
Chang warned against extending New START without Beijing’s participation. "This is no time for the U.S. to agree to an extension of the New START Treaty with Russia," he said. "Russia and China are de-facto allies, and they are ganging up on America. Without China in a deal — Beijing has flatly rejected every nuclear arms-control initiative of the U.S. —no treaty can be in America’s interest."
Reuters contributed to this report.