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Second strike
![THAAD and China's Nuclear Second-Strike Capability THAAD and China's Nuclear Second-Strike Capability](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-08_05-37-46.jpg)
THAAD and China's Nuclear Second-Strike Capability
By Ankit Panda
China may be afraid that THAAD will degrade its own nuclear second-strike capability.
![US Starts Deploying THAAD Anti-Missile Defense System in South Korea US Starts Deploying THAAD Anti-Missile Defense System in South Korea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-07_14-17-12.jpg)
US Starts Deploying THAAD Anti-Missile Defense System in South Korea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The move is likely to deepen the growing rift between Beijing and Seoul.
![What Is THAAD, What Does It Do, and Why Is China Mad About It? What Is THAAD, What Does It Do, and Why Is China Mad About It?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-25_03-05-39.jpg)
What Is THAAD, What Does It Do, and Why Is China Mad About It?
By Ankit Panda
Hint: It's not about the THAAD interceptor missiles themselves.
![The Consequences of a Pakistani Sea-Based Nuclear Second Strike Capability The Consequences of a Pakistani Sea-Based Nuclear Second Strike Capability](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-14_22-21-53.jpg)
The Consequences of a Pakistani Sea-Based Nuclear Second Strike Capability
By Ankit Panda
What happens to South Asian nuclear stability if Pakistan operationalizes a sea-based second strike capability?
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