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DECODING: Japan and Australia harden their tone on China's navy
On July 6, 2026, a Chinese nuclear submarine fired a ballistic missile toward international waters in the Pacific, according to the state agency Xinhua…
ANALYSIS: Chinese Deterrence Puts Itself on Display in the Pacific, and the World Worries
On July 6, 2026, a ballistic missile fired from a Chinese nuclear submarine flew over northern Luzon, in the Philippines, before splashing down in…
DECODING: Beijing and Moscow Tighten Naval Cooperation Before Our Eyes
On July 6, 2026, China and Russia launched their annual naval exercise, called Joint Sea on the Chinese side and Marine Interaction 2026 on…
REPORT: Undersea Nuclear Competition Enters an Unprecedented Phase
On July 6, 2026, the Chinese navy fired a ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine, in a sequence that, according to USNI News, saw…
REPORT: The South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone, Violated in Spirit by Beijing
On July 6, 2026, a ballistic missile fired from a Chinese submarine traveled roughly 7,000 kilometers before splashing down near the islands of Nauru…
DECODING: China's Type 094 Nuclear Submarine at the Center of a Contested Launch
On July 6, 2026, around noon, the Chinese navy launched a ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine toward the Pacific Ocean.
DECODING: Marine Interaction 2026, the naval drill that binds Beijing and Moscow
While the world was commenting on the Chinese ballistic missile launch of July 6, 2026, fired from a nuclear submarine toward the Pacific, another…
ANALYSIS: The US, Japan, Australia tighten their common front against Beijing
The ballistic missile launch carried out by a Chinese nuclear submarine on July 6, 2026 produced an effect rarely observed with such clarity: near-simultaneous…
REPORT: How Beijing brought its navy into the strategic nuclear era
On Monday, July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese nuclear submarine fired a ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead from the South…