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China building nuke weapon with stolen US designs

China is close to deploying a nuclear missile with a warhead whose design draws on stolen American secrets, reports The New York Times.

A long-range Chinese missile, known as the Dong Feng-31, is being equipped with a small nuclear warhead, whose design uses secret American technology, the daily claims quoting US intelligence officials.

The technology is believed to have been stolen from a government weapons laboratory, though there is some debate over precisely what technical information officials believe is being used, the daily says.

According to the assessments, the missile is expected to be deployed within three to four years.

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