"Free Beacon" is often considered a fake news site. It is VERY conservative and would never speak of China or even Chinese in nice terms. So them using the term "Manchu" is to be expected. I would also not put a lot of value in what they publish unless you can verify it with a much more truthful sources.
China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread
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Blackstone
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I read on, not at all bothered by the phrase "Manchu," because I took it as a description of geography and not typical neocon claptrap to manufacture a war with China.
If so, why is that the vast majority of the news articles regarding chinese ICBM´s in this thread come from freebeacon ?
I went back about 3 pages and I see only one link to Free Beacon. While its not an exhaustive survey, I don't think it accounts for a "vast majority."
That being said, sensationalist sites do a remarkably good job of making things sound bigger, more powerful or more ominous than they actually are. I would hope most of the people posting here look for more truthful and accurate sites. Although, I know discerning what is accurate and what is not is much harder to do if a given site is not in one's native language.
It has been stated that the 5.5 megatons and 650kiloton warheads are "thermonuclear," while the 150 kiloton ones are probably not.
Looks like with the same warhead as DF-21C/D, but with a longer range.
antiterror13
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I am pretty sure that 150kt is also thermonuclear .. otherwise the warhead would be huge
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