Weekly Significant Activity Report – December 27, 2025

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1. SS: This post analyzes some significant geopolitical developments from  December 20 and December 27 involving Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

   Major events for this time period included:

   1. Russia made incremental advances in Sumy Oblast while suffering significant battlefield losses in Kupyansk.
   2. Researchers located the probable deployment location of Russia’s Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missiles in Belarus.
   3. Annual Pentagon report on the Chinese military provided significant new insights into the evolution of Chinese nuclear strategy, including a the development of low-yield nukes and “launch-on-warning” capability.
   4. A new missile-laden Chinese container ship was spotted in Shanghai suggesting China’s experimentation with militarizing its civilian shipbuilding capability.
   5. The Iranian Navy deployed two naval flotillas for forthcoming naval drills in the Indo-Pacific.
   6. North Korea announced progress in developing its first nuclear submarine, which may have been aided by Russian technical assistance.

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