{
  "id": 526131,
  "title": "Why submarine attacks may prove to be the Achilles’ heel for China’s new carrier fleet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/why-submarine-attacks-may-prove-to-be-the-achilles-heel-for-chinas-526131",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T02:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3363536/why-submarine-attacks-may-prove-be-achilles-heel-chinas-new-carrier-fleet"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China’s rapidly expanding aircraft carrier fleet may be vulnerable to attack from submarines – an area where its defensive capacity lags behind that of the United States – according to a new report. This gap is drawing increasing attention as Beijing builds more sophisticated carriers and sends them deeper into the western Pacific, where the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s knowledge of the…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Why submarine attacks may prove to be the Achilles’ heel for China’s new carrier fleet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/why-submarine-attacks-may-prove-to-be-the-achilles-heel-for-chinas",
        "published": "2026-08-11T02:00:16.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}