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PLA Rocket Force Warns Cities to Brace for Nuclear Attack

9/7/2026

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The PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Centre warned Chinese cities to brace for a nuclear attack.
The warning cited a peer-reviewed study published last Friday in the Chinese Journal of Radiological Health.
Researchers said global nuclear war likelihood was relatively low.
They warned small or medium nuclear-armed states could launch a single terrorist nuclear attack.
The report called Japan a ‘major danger signal’ to the world.

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The PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Centre warned Chinese cities to brace for a nuclear attack.
The warning cited a peer-reviewed study published last Friday in the Chinese Journal of Radiological Health.
Researchers said global nuclear war likelihood was relatively low.
They warned small or medium nuclear-armed states could launch a single terrorist nuclear attack.
The report called Japan a ‘major danger signal’ to the world.