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Military vehicles carry China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019.
Military vehicles carry China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019.

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  • The US military says that China now has more ICBM launchers than Washington does.
  • US Strategic Command recently warned lawmakers of this development in a memo obtained by Insider.
  • However, the US still has an edge in the number of ICBMs and nuclear warheads it has.  

The Chinese armed forces now have more intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the US does, the US military warned recently. But it noted that the US still has a nuclear edge over its great power rival.  

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The US military says China now has more ICBM launchers than it does, but the US…