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Source record People's Daily Group · 2026-07-15

Behind successful SLBM test, a look at China's decades-long nuclear missile journey, significant role in maintaining global strategic stability

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionPeople's Daily Group
Source outletGlobal Times — Defense (global_times_mil)
Source languageen — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-07-15
Original URLhttps://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365984.shtml
Collected at2026-07-15 14:19:47 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint05fe0715011ad635122ada1d5bc469e73c1abdb77d2a16ce8b698006ab504b91 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run89

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Source text. People's Daily Group. "Behind successful SLBM test, a look at China's decades-long nuclear missile journey, significant role in maintaining global strategic stability." Global Times — Defense, 2026-07-15. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365984.shtml.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 2515, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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