#10 Strategic Daily: While you were distracted by Israel - Palestine, this was happening..
Stay focused on the near-peer. It might not be exciting, but it's much more important on a strategic level.
At the shipyard in Huludao (Liaoning Province, China), work is believed to have begun on the construction of a new Type 096 Tang-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. In the photo from October 15 this year. disassembled sections with a diameter of 9 and 12 meters are visible.
The first two SSBNs are expected to enter service with the PLA Navy between 2025 and 2030.
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