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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-06-19

【Military Vision Mini Classroom】Heavy Weapon of the Deep Sea! The People's Navy Submarine Force Forges an 'Underwater Great Wall'

【军视小课堂】深海重器!人民海军潜艇部队铸就“水下长城”

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-06-19
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/hj_208557/16468458.html
Collected at2026-06-19 15:48:19 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint791751ded2f278f644859ffe8a90628004f8274c9c54310f4b3b5ff80d4b5241 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run62
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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72年,从无到有、从弱到强,人民海军潜艇部队用一道道深蓝航迹,构筑起坚不可摧的“水下长城”。今天是人民海军潜艇部队成立纪念日,《军视小课堂》带你一起追溯成长之路,致敬深海尖兵。

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On the 72nd founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Navy submarine force, PLA military media published a retrospective framing the force's development as a progression 'from nothing to something, from weak to strong,' invoking the 'Underwater Great Wall' formulation to characterize its strategic deterrence role. This is anniversary commemorative content; its value is as a record of how the institution publicly frames submarine force identity and historical narrative for a general audience, not as evidence of changed posture or capability.

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It does not establish that the described events occurred, that any capability exists, or that the institution's stated position is its actual policy.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "【军视小课堂】深海重器!人民海军潜艇部队铸就“水下长城”." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-19. http://www.81.cn/hj_208557/16468458.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 1578, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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