Chinese nuclear forces, 2008

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Norris, Robert S ^a   Kristensen, Hans M ^a  

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EID: 48949116812     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2008.11461157     Document Type: Article

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2. Defense Department, Military Power of the People's Republic ofChina 2008, p. 2.
3. Defense Department, The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2005, p. 45.
4. Ibid.
5. Defense Department, Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2008, pp. 23-24.
6. Ibid., p. 25.
7. Hans M. Kristensen, "New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine Spotted," Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Strategic Security Blog, July 5, 2007, www.fas.org/blog/ssp. The satellite image was taken by the QuickBird satellite on October 17, 2006 and later made available on Google Earth.
8. Hans M. Kristensen, "Two More Chinese SSBNs Spotted," FAS Strategic Security Blog, October 24, 2007, www.fas.org/blog/ssp. The image was taken by the QuickBird satellite on May 3, 2007 and later made available on Google Earth.
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