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FIRST ON FOX: A new report warns the U.S. nuclear arsenal is dangerously outdated and too small to confront growing global threats — and recommends nearly tripling the number of deployed American warheads by 2050.

The report, first obtained by Fox News Digital, argues that America’s current force of about 1,750 deployed nuclear weapons leaves the nation vulnerable in an era when Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang are all expanding their arsenals at breakneck speed.

China alone is building 100 new nuclear weapons a year , according to the Pentagon, and is on track to reach strategic parity with the U.S. by the mid-2030s.

"The newest warhead that we have was built in 1989," Robert Peters, author of the Heritage report, told Fo

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