Welcome to the third edition of ‘China military watch’. This month, we take a look at China’s burgeoning missile and space capabilities. Ballistic missiles on Chinese merchant vessels? On 15 September, China successfully launched the …
The decision to deploy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in the years to come will be a product of the major paradigms and concepts used to manage nuclear dangers more broadly. Recently, an emerging literature …
China finally achieved an operational underwater nuclear capability in recent years, almost six decades after it first launched its nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program in the late 1950s. The deployment of the Jin-class (Type …
On 17 January, US President Donald Trump went down to the Pentagon to speak at the launch of his administration’s long-awaited Missile Defense Review (MDR). The MDR is the previously missing fourth wheel of the …
Sea state A plan for a Chinese company to take over the management of the Israeli port of Haifa is generating great concern in Israel. Haifa is near the naval base that reportedly houses Israel’s …