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S8 Ep1107: Preview for Later Today: Rebecca Grant analyzes China's nuclear-capable missile test aimed at intimidating regional neighbors. Beijing is striving for military dominance by rapidly expanding its submarine fleet to challenge the U.S. nuclear triad. (4)

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Preview for Later Today: Rebecca Grant analyzes China's nuclear-capable missile test aimed at intimidating regional neighbors. Beijing is striving for military dominance by rapidly expanding its submarine fleet to challenge the U.S.nuclear triad. (4)
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This is John Batchelor, a conversation with Rebecca Grant of the Lexington Institute

0:34.8

about the significance of China launching a nuclear-capable missile

0:40.1

downrange from the South China Sea toward Fiji and the Solomon Islands, overflying a lot of

0:46.7

sovereign territory. Rebecca very carefully builds the case why and what China meant to achieve for it and why China is

0:57.8

chasing the U.S. when it comes to the triad, especially the third leg, the triad of the submarine

1:03.6

force. Here's Rebecca Grant. More tonight. I think that's what it is intended to mean for China to say that they do have this ability.

1:13.6

Now, as we know, the U.S. is busily building the Columbia class, which is our advanced boomer,

1:18.6

nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarine that will replace our Ohio class.

1:22.6

That's a top priority, so important that Deputy Secretary of War Feinberg has put an admiral in charge

1:30.4

just of that program with special authorities to accelerate it and get it going. But, you know,

1:35.4

what we see with China is they have a much smaller submarine force than we do, but intent on

1:41.2

making it part of this triad. And it just shows you that China really is willing to go to all lengths to achieve this military dominance.

1:51.9

And flying it over the path that they did is deliberately designed to intimidate the Philippines, to intimidate Australia, Fiji.

1:59.5

You know, everybody in the region called this one correctly.

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