Putting in my 2 cents. At least in the short term, Chinese ABM, both mid-course and terminal phase won't even coming close to matching US's nuclear capability. However, the more realistic target for the ABM would be its nuclear neighbours, Inida. India is continuing to develop its BM technology and has also viewed Chinese military as its potential enemy. China has the capability or at least is trying to match up the ABM on its side.
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Hmm... I wonder why people always assume China stole it from others whenever it gets a new technology. You underestimate the capabilities of Chinese defense industry as well as the anti-espionage capability of the US. If something as important as missile defense technology can be stolen that easily by an enemy that has been identified as a potential major threat, that suggests how incompetent the US intelligence community is. We all know that's NOT true at all.
Although I don't doubt China got some foreign help, China has to rely on itself for the majority of the work because it would be extremely difficult to obtain info as sensitive as missile defense.
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ravenshield936
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or lets say they cant just rely on stealing data along and build something like that
even then wt are the odds they have all the data to build one? they can only have some, and the rest is up to them
even then wt are the odds they have all the data to build one? they can only have some, and the rest is up to them
the allegation of China having to rely on stealing the technology is in sum, a stupid one. in so many cases the ppl working on the project is only researching one small part of it that they dont even know what they are working on. maybe its time for some Americans to just accept that fact that China has the capability to build such advanced system and this technology does not belong to them alone.
that's like saying the NMD cant neutralize the Russian and Chinese arsenal either. i've said that NMD in itself is as useless as the great wall, but the technology that are associated with it are useful in so may other fields thats the real value of it.
Rising China
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:china::china::china:
Anti-missile interception builds shield for China's defense
2010-01-14 17:41 BJT
by Xinhua writer Yan Hao
BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A weapons expert with Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has said that the successful anti-missile interception test by China on Monday showed the nation's strength to defend its territory while its announcement displayed the country's military transparency.
"The weapon tested was an indigenous surface-to-air defense missile," said Prof. Tan Kaijia with the PLA's National Defense University in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Wednesday.
"This is China's first announcement that we have the ground-based midcourse anti-missile technology," said Prof. Tan, who specializes in research on sophisticated worldwide weapon systems.
Although the expert declined to give more details of the anti-missile interception test, he said it was a routine test before the new air defense weapon became standard PLA equipment.
"If the ballistic missile is regarded as a spear, now we have succeeded in building a shield for self-defense," Tan said.
China declared the anti-missile test late Monday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Tuesday told foreign journalists that the test within China's territory neither left space debris nor posed a threat to the safety of orbiting spacecraft.
"The test was conducted within China's territory, so the missile that intercepted the incoming target would not fly or falling to another country's territory," Prof. Tan said.
China had no obligation to declare the missile test, but doing so revealed that the military was becoming more transparent, he said.
According to Tan, midcourse defense systems could intercept hostile ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads hundreds of kilometers above the ground.
The United States has conducted a number of anti-missile intercept tests since 1999. China is one of the few other countries that has mastered the technology.
"The success of Monday's test sets a milestone in China's glorious history to defend its territorial land with a giant leap," Tan said.
In Oct. 1959, the fledgling PLA's air defense was the first in the world to shoot down a high-altitude spy aircraft with surface-to-air missiles.
The successful test showed China's strong determination and growing capability to safeguard its territorial land, he added.
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Anti-missile interception builds shield for China's defense
2010-01-14 17:41 BJT
by Xinhua writer Yan Hao
BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A weapons expert with Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has said that the successful anti-missile interception test by China on Monday showed the nation's strength to defend its territory while its announcement displayed the country's military transparency.
"The weapon tested was an indigenous surface-to-air defense missile," said Prof. Tan Kaijia with the PLA's National Defense University in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Wednesday.
"This is China's first announcement that we have the ground-based midcourse anti-missile technology," said Prof. Tan, who specializes in research on sophisticated worldwide weapon systems.
Although the expert declined to give more details of the anti-missile interception test, he said it was a routine test before the new air defense weapon became standard PLA equipment.
"If the ballistic missile is regarded as a spear, now we have succeeded in building a shield for self-defense," Tan said.
China declared the anti-missile test late Monday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Tuesday told foreign journalists that the test within China's territory neither left space debris nor posed a threat to the safety of orbiting spacecraft.
"The test was conducted within China's territory, so the missile that intercepted the incoming target would not fly or falling to another country's territory," Prof. Tan said.
China had no obligation to declare the missile test, but doing so revealed that the military was becoming more transparent, he said.
According to Tan, midcourse defense systems could intercept hostile ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads hundreds of kilometers above the ground.
The United States has conducted a number of anti-missile intercept tests since 1999. China is one of the few other countries that has mastered the technology.
"The success of Monday's test sets a milestone in China's glorious history to defend its territorial land with a giant leap," Tan said.
In Oct. 1959, the fledgling PLA's air defense was the first in the world to shoot down a high-altitude spy aircraft with surface-to-air missiles.
The successful test showed China's strong determination and growing capability to safeguard its territorial land, he added.
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China: Missile interception test targets no one 2010-01-13
China reaffirms its missile interception test defensive 2010-01-12
Editor: Zhang Pengfei | Source: Xinhua
RedMercury
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Oh that bit of history just added some sauce, a poke in the eye if you will.
for Chinese readers there are some quite juicy info floating around on the Chinese military sites, credibility looks good, and gives you a pretty good idea of how far China has come. basically the Chinese have conducted several tests before this of the sub-systems. this is the first time the system was tested in whole, the original tests were planned for the end of last year, but due to technical difficulties it was delayed til the 11th of Jan. there will be more tests to come and it is likely that China will begin launching airborne radars as part of the effort to complete the system.