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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,…
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…
DECODING: The Patriot license to Ukraine rewrites the grammar of Western aid
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump dropped a sentence that instantly ran through every Western newsroom: "We're going…
DECODING: Allied Air Defense, the Ukrainian Lesson That Changes Everything
The war in Ukraine has made air defense the absolute doctrinal priority of Western armies in 2026. This is no longer a technical sub-field…
DECODING: How Ukraine Is Methodically Choking Off Russian Oil
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran refinery again, in Russia's Samara region, sparking a major fire,…
ANALYSIS: Kyiv's Air Defense Becomes the Absolute Priority of Summer 2026
Since the start of summer 2026, Kyiv has been living through one of the most intense bombardment stretches of the entire war launched by…