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China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad

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China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad
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On Monday, China test-fired a long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) toward the South Pacific Ocean, drawing nervous reactions from countries across the Asia-Pacific region. While Beijing has described the maneuver simply as “routine” training, it is all but routine in China’s missile-testing record. This marked only the third time China launched a long-range missile directly into the Pacific; the first was in 1980, and the most recent was in September 2024. Several strategic and

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