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And Northrop Grumman, maker of the B-21 Raider bomber and Sentinel ICBM, two legs of America’s “modernized” nuclear triad, has seen its shares increase by more than 1,400%.

Dave McKelvey, managing director of TM Eye private investigators, which works with tobacco firms to gather evidence on the illicit trade, claims that Fujian-based Chinese triads operate a "vast business" here in the UK.

Beijing, the senior partner in the triad, seeks to be the stable leader of a new world order, one that is not led by the US.

The number three speaks to the idea of balance and the mystical idea that certain energies can only be accessed through triads.

But the land-based part of the triad is actually the opposite of deterrence — it’s an invitation to be attacked.