plawolf
Lieutenant General
"TEL-1" isn't a TEL (no erect mechanism or support gear), and is almost certainly just a civilian super heavy truck carrying commercial cargo.
Take note of the backgrounds on those two sets of pictures.
In the first set, civilians are all over the place and getting very close up and personal without any sign of a police or military escort in sigh. That is a typical scene on the roads in a Chinese city, but just does not happen if it was a TEL or even transporting a missile.
Notice how in the second set of pictures, there are clear police escorts around the TEL, and the roads are empty except for police and military vehicles.
That is a sign that it is the real deal.
China doesn't mess around with the security of its ICBMs, and routinely close and clear entire highways ahead of such convoys (also sometimes for to officials).
In addition, it would be exceptionally rare for Chinese ICBMs to venture into population centres like cities because there is no need, and also because doing so would require a massive security operation to clear and secure the routes in the city, and the disruption would not be worth it. The only exception to that would be for national parades in Tianmen square, but since that is part of a larger parade, most of the extra security measures would already have been put in place for all the other military person and hardware.
Take note of the backgrounds on those two sets of pictures.
In the first set, civilians are all over the place and getting very close up and personal without any sign of a police or military escort in sigh. That is a typical scene on the roads in a Chinese city, but just does not happen if it was a TEL or even transporting a missile.
Notice how in the second set of pictures, there are clear police escorts around the TEL, and the roads are empty except for police and military vehicles.
That is a sign that it is the real deal.
China doesn't mess around with the security of its ICBMs, and routinely close and clear entire highways ahead of such convoys (also sometimes for to officials).
In addition, it would be exceptionally rare for Chinese ICBMs to venture into population centres like cities because there is no need, and also because doing so would require a massive security operation to clear and secure the routes in the city, and the disruption would not be worth it. The only exception to that would be for national parades in Tianmen square, but since that is part of a larger parade, most of the extra security measures would already have been put in place for all the other military person and hardware.
