# nuclear deterrent

Remembering Huang Xuhua: The Engineer Who Took China’s First Nuclear Submarine Deep — One Year On

China is marking the first anniversary of Huang Xuhua’s death, celebrating the engineer credited with guiding its early nuclear‑submarine programme. The commemorations frame his deep‑sea test dives in his sixties as emblematic of long‑term technical sacrifice that underpins Beijing’s present naval and nuclear capabilities.