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I reckon the Chinese nuclear arsenal has similar role as the French, it gives them a seat at the big boys table and is big enough that anyone who would want to go nuclear on them would think twice, while not too big, to the point where it would become a financial millstone around their neck...

Of course, this is with 100% nuke explosion rate. Modern conventional munitions have 1-5% failure rate and nukes are much more complicated, with ICBM warhead being exposed to forces much worse than those of tube artillery shells. With lack of proper testing, what the nuke failure would be like...

Oh is it already that time of year when services ramp up the budget pie strife?

That is hardly an unique Chinese problem, all nations with submarines have issues with submariners having psychological troubles, it's just that Chinese only started discussing it now.

The problem here is also the corporations, they are happy to take the government money, but they are also more than happy to violate both the spirit and the letter of the contract, for a few cents more, if they think they can get away with it. And usually they can, remember when components for...