Pentagon confirms patrols of Chinese nuclear missile submarines By Bill Gertz - - Wednesday, December 9, 2015 China has begun patrols with nuclear missile submarines for the first time, giving Beijing a new strategic nuclear strike capability, according to the U.S. Strategic Command and Defense Intelligence Agency. U.S. intelligence and strategic nuclear officials, however, remain uncertain whether China’s four Jin-class missile submarine patrols are being carried out with nuclear-tipped JL-2 missiles on board. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/9/inside-the-ring-chinas-nuclear-missile-submarine-p/ I found most of the threads in this chat to be very boring, sorry. So now I have to make my own.