China to dispatch nuclear submarines to the Pacific in latest expansion of Beijing defence policy

Thursday, May 26, 2016
By Paul Martin

Beijing officials say US weapons systems in the area have forced its hand
It will ‘deploy nuclear warhead-armed submarines into the Pacific this year’
The move is a huge change in China’s defence policy, based on deterrence

By COREY CHARLTON
DailyMail.com
26 May 2016

China is planning to dispatch nuclear submarines into the Pacific for the first time amid heightened tensions with the US, it has been reported.

Officials claim new US weapons stationed in South Korea have forced its hand – among them is an anti-ballistic system and hypersonic glide missiles.

The prediction comes from a recent Pentagon report for Congress which states China will ‘probably conduct its first nuclear deterrence patrol sometime in 2016’.

It marks a hugely aggressive change in China’s defence policy and is likely to ratchet up tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

According to The Guardian, Beijing officials are refusing to comment on when the first patrol will take place but say it is inevitable.

In recent months the US has stepped up its deterrence measures around the South China Sea due to an international territorial dispute.

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