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FACT-CHECK: Did Beijing really violate the South Pacific nuclear-free zone
Since China's ballistic missile launch of July 6, 2026, a precise accusation has been circulating in several Pacific capitals: Beijing allegedly violated the spirit,…
REPORT: Type 094, the submarine that pulled China into the naval nuclear age
There exist weapons known mostly through their silences. The Type 094 submarine, also called the Jin class, belongs to that category.
FACT-CHECK: Maritime Interaction 2026, what the China-Russia naval exercise really shows
Since the launch of the joint naval exercise Maritime Interaction 2026, also called Joint Sea 2026, between China and Russia in the Yellow Sea,…
FACT-CHECK: The Washington-Tokyo-Canberra united front on the Chinese launch, real or overstated
After a Chinese ballistic missile launch from a submarine on July 6, 2026, a claim spread quickly through the Western press: the United States,…
ANALYSIS: The Chinese naval missile launch that opens a new nuclear era in the Pacific
Some military events need no official explanation to say what matters most. On July 6, 2026, a Chinese navy submarine fired a ballistic missile…
REPORT: the Chinese missile that reawakened the Pacific's nuclear fear
On July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese navy submarine launched a ballistic missile from Pacific waters. The weapon, a JL-3 according…
EDITORIAL: Beijing fires a nuclear missile into the Pacific and dares call it routine
On July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese navy submarine, likely a Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile boat, launched an intercontinental ballistic…
INVESTIGATION: The defense budget has become power's new thermometer
At the NATO summit held in Ankara on July 7 and 8, 2026, a single number structured nearly every public exchange between leaders: 5…
ANALYSIS: Western defense industry is cracking under wartime demand
In Ankara, on July 7, 2026, the American ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, delivered a line that sums up this entire war's paradox: "It's…