S8 Ep1103: Captain James Fanell. Countering China's First Strike Strategy in the Pacific. Fanell argues China's SLBM test challenges their "no first use" policy, effectively demonstrating a first-strike capability. He recommends the U.S. bolster its naval force stru
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🗓️ 8 July 2026
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Captain James Fanell. Countering China's First Strike Strategy in the Pacific. Fanell argues China's SLBM test challenges their "no first use" policy, effectively demonstrating a first-strike capability. He recommends the U.S. bolster its naval force structure in the Western Pacific and utilize B-2 bomber flights to signal resolve against Chinese efforts to drive America out of the region. (4)
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| 0:56.8 | an extremely hostile missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads |
| 1:02.1 | into the first and second line of defense |
| 1:05.1 | of the Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. possessions in the Pacific, |
| 1:09.9 | the day before a NATO meeting in anchor a Turkey that is to |
| 1:13.4 | discuss arming and paying for Ukraine's pushback against Moscow, understanding that Moscow |
| 1:21.4 | regards this as an attack by NATO, and Moscow is an alliance with China. All these things can be real or they can be make-believe, |
| 1:31.0 | but when we come to nuclear weapons, you don't want to be wrong. Jim, I want you to restate |
| 1:36.7 | the Chinese position on nuclear weapons. I believe that they boast of being a signatory of |
| 1:43.6 | no first strike. Is that correct? |
| 1:46.6 | That's right, John. China, the People's Republic of China has historically stated that they are a |
| 1:52.3 | non-first-use nation, and that's the policy that the Chinese Communist Party follows. Non-first use. We will not use nukes first. |
| 2:04.4 | Additionally, they've also said we will never use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state. |
| 2:10.0 | So both of those statements were challenged on Monday. First of all, you don't fire a submerged |
| 2:15.5 | launch ballistic missile, which is designed to be stealthy to allow you to have a first or a second strike capability. |
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