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China’s Dual-Capable Missiles and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation

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China’s Dual-Capable Missiles and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation

Peyton Mayer0 Comments

Published: September 14, 2026 China's expanding force of dual-capable missiles is creating a growing source of ambiguity in U.S.-China deterrence. The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) operates conventional and…

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