People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
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Nov 4, 2026
Nuclear anarchy: who’s stopping the next arms race?
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16:33Jane PerlezGUEST
And to get there, he needs nuclear weapons.
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16:36Jane PerlezGUEST
Now, the one interesting thing about all of this, there's been huge corruption in the PLA, including the rocket force, which is the entity that Xi Jinping created specially for the nuclear weapons.
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16:50Jane PerlezGUEST
And there are stories going around inside China of the incredible corruption that went on in that rocket force.
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16:56Jane PerlezGUEST
And so there are questions about how smart, how smooth, how fast the nuclear weapons program is working.
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17:05Jane PerlezGUEST
is going in China, given the accusations of corruption, specifically in the rocket force, and given the dismissal of more than half of the Central Military Commission, which is the ruling body of China's military.
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17:20Jane PerlezGUEST
So maybe that's a saving grace.
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17:23Waleed AlyHOST
A place I didn't expect to go until I turned my mind to speaking to you today is South Korea.
Dreams of War in Space
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69:51Cameron HunterGUEST
It was accepted after a fairly lengthy review process.
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69:56Cameron HunterGUEST
It is a feminist analysis of the People's Liberation Army rocket force culture.
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70:02Cameron HunterGUEST
And it's titled, must one be swole to deter?
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70:07Bleddyn BowenGUEST
And the answer is yes.