Jupiter Huang

Masters Student, Georgetown University Security Studies Program

Jupiter Huang is an accelerated Security Studies master’s student at Georgetown University and a Summer Analyst at Renaissance Strategic Advisors. He will join the Stimson Center this August as a South Asia Junior Fellow, and his research interests center around nuclear weapons, emerging technology, and space policy. Huang has previously interned at the Center for a New American Security, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and the Arms Control Association. Huang is proficient in Mandarin and Spanish.

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Analysis / Next Gen Community

Is the Hunt Back On? Attacks on Strategic Forces Illustrate China’s Nuclear Survivability Concerns

By: Jupiter Huang

Published: Aug 15, 2025

Operation Rising Lion combined intelligence, asymmetric operations, and conventional forces to significantly degrade Iran’s ability to launch ballistic missiles in retaliation for Israeli actions. When coupled with Ukraine’s attacks against Russian strategic bombers, mobile nuclear forces must now be resilient to a rapidly changing threat environment. This is most prevalent in the case of China. By focusing on building siloed ICBMs, China’s near-term nuclear forces remain much more vulnerable to disarming strikes than the numerical U.S.-China nuclear balance suggests. Beijing’s nuclear modernization has qualitative shortfalls that the U.S. must incorporate into force planning and arms control considerations.