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Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)
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![Putin's 'Red October': Russia's Deadliest New Submarine Putin's 'Red October': Russia's Deadliest New Submarine](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-03_20-50-30.jpg)
Putin's 'Red October': Russia's Deadliest New Submarine
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Should the United States be worried?
![US Admiral: Chinese Subs Outnumber America's US Admiral: Chinese Subs Outnumber America's](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sizes/thumbnail/6449_5243ae5746db1.jpg)
US Admiral: Chinese Subs Outnumber America's
By Shannon Tiezzi
A U.S. admiral told Congress that China now has more submarines than the U.S. -- and is building still more.
![US Submarine Fleet to Decrease by 25% US Submarine Fleet to Decrease by 25%](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-24_23-18-56.jpg)
US Submarine Fleet to Decrease by 25%
By Zachary Keck
Plus, Chinese military game changers and the spread of hit to kill technologies. Defense and security links.
![China Displays World’s Largest Conventional Submarine China Displays World’s Largest Conventional Submarine](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-12_17-07-26.jpg)
China Displays World’s Largest Conventional Submarine
By Zachary Keck
State media report that China’s new Type 032 Qing-class submarine was displayed at an expo last week.
![SSBNs and Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age SSBNs and Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sizes/thumbnail/3249_52439037d5de9.jpg)
SSBNs and Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age
By James R. Holmes
New ballistic missile submarine fleets could destabilize the nuclear order.
![State Media: China Can’t Stop the F-35 State Media: China Can’t Stop the F-35](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sizes/thumbnail/3314_52439080b29f0.jpg)
State Media: China Can’t Stop the F-35
By Zachary Keck
Plus, is China’s military a paper dragon? Wednesday defense and security links.
![China’s Nuclear Modernization and the End of Nuclear Opacity China’s Nuclear Modernization and the End of Nuclear Opacity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-10_13-30-11.jpg)
China’s Nuclear Modernization and the End of Nuclear Opacity
By Nicolas Giacometti
Could a more modern arsenal encourage China to allow more nuclear transparency?
![Russia Conducts Surprise Nuclear Readiness Drill Russia Conducts Surprise Nuclear Readiness Drill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sizes/thumbnail/18849_52809cbd24f06.jpg)
Russia Conducts Surprise Nuclear Readiness Drill
On Wednesday Putin oversaw a large snap drill that tested the readiness of Russia’s nuclear forces.
![US Military Protects Nuclear Missions From Sequestration US Military Protects Nuclear Missions From Sequestration](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/2214_524381cd1b9db.jpg)
US Military Protects Nuclear Missions From Sequestration
The US Navy and Air Force have reaffirmed that nuclear delivery systems will be shielded from cuts.
![Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles: Past and Present Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles: Past and Present](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/2258_524381d4b30d4.jpg)
Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles: Past and Present
125,000 nuclear warheads have been built since 1945; 97 percent of them by the U.S. and Russia.
![Coming Soon? China’s JL-2 Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile Coming Soon? China’s JL-2 Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sizes/thumbnail/2580_524382fedd0fd.jpg)
Coming Soon? China’s JL-2 Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile
In the 1950s China set out to acquire a sea-based nuclear deterrent. Next year, it may succeed.
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