China has rejected claims that its new longer-range, submarine-launched ballistic missiles are a threat to the US, the Global Times reported.
China’s military experts said the longer-range missiles – which now have a range of over 10,000 kilometres, up from 7,200km – are intended to help defend itself from nuclear blackmail, said the report.
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