China Disputes US Submarine Missiles Claim – Global Times

China has rejected claims that its new longer-range, submarine-launched ballistic missiles are a threat to the US, the Global Times reported.

China’s military experts said the longer-range missiles – which now have a range of over 10,000 kilometres, up from 7,200km – are intended to help defend itself from nuclear blackmail, said the report.

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.

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