China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

[rambo54]

Thanks to many contributors things are becoming more reliable in an ongoing process.
I want to add my own recent overview.
The bold entries seems to be confirmed and regarding the type of weapon either confirmed by photo or sat image evidence.
Corrections are welcomed!

Unit	Former designation	location	Weapon	remarks
61st Base (8)
611 BGD	807	Qingyang / 30.691697° 117.900254°	DF-21
612 BGD	811	Leping / 28.980441° 117.120181°	DF-15/21
613 BGD	815	Shangrao / 28.475699° 117.891052°	DF-15
614 BGD	817	Yong'an / 26.061364° 117.315355°	DF-11
615 BGD	818	Meizhou / 24.284173° 115.970493°	DF-11	-> DF-17?
616 BGD	819	Ganzhou / 25.782124° 114.880072° & 25.835522° 114.910715°	DF-15
617 BGD	820	Jinhua / 29.148104° 119.615853°	DF-16
618 BGD	1	Xianyou / 25.316541° 118.711993°	DF-11	Status?
61 TRG RGT	829	Jiangshan / 28.670448° 118.512935°	DF-11/15/16
61 Base HQ		Huangshan / 29.696026° 118.287878°
62nd Base (7)
621 BGD	802	Yibin / 28.762311° 104.789971°	DF-21	-> DF-26 / DF-41
622 BGD	808 (830?)	Yuxi / 24.361066° 102.493177°	DF-21	DF-31?
623 BGD	821	Liuzhou / 24.387569° 109.574142°	DF-10A
624 BGD	825	Danzhou / 19.471947° 109.460563°	DF-21D
625 BGD		Jianshui / 23.735498° 102.871377°	DF-21
626 BGD		Qingyuan / 23.685366° 113.178218°	DF-26
627 BGD	2	Puning / 23.413714° 116.181148°	DF-11	Status?
62 TRG RGT		Chuxiong / 25.079667° 101.476516°
62 Base HQ		Kunming / 24.991741° 102.834541°
63rd Base (6)
631 BGD	803	Jingzhou / 26.558836° 109.663890°	DF-5
632 BGD	805	Shaoyang / 27.253611° 111.387633°	DF-31AG
633 BGD	814	Huitong / 26.893481° 109.738789°	DF-5
634 BGD		Tongdao /	?	new base
635 BGD	824	Yichun / 27.888600° 114.387181°	DH-10
636 BGD	826	Shaoguan / 24.757657° 113.680938°	DF-16
63 TRG RGT		Dongkou / 27.033276° 110.541933°
63 Base HQ		Huaihua / 27.536534° 109.929910°
64th Base (7)
641 BGD	806	Hancheng / 35.474382° 110.446583°	DF-31
642 BGD	809	Datong / 36.948674° 101.666947°	DF-31AG
643 BGD	812	Tianshui / 34.528681° 105.910815°	DF-31AG
644 BGD		Hanzhong / 33.132178° 106.936725° ?	?	new base
645 BGD		Yinchuan / 38.594265° 106.227395° ?	?	new base
646 BGD	823	Korla / 41.694063° 86.172814°	DF-21	DF-26
647 BGD		Xining /	?	new base
64 TRG RGT		Xining / 36.672132° 101.602589°
64 Base HQ		Datong / 36.954270° 101.663620°
65th Base (6)
651 BGD	810	Dengshahe / 39.301448° 122.063370°	DF-21
652 BGD	816	Tonghua / 41.760074° 125.989030°	DF-21
653 BGD	822	Laiwu / 36.234923° 117.715798°	DF-21C/D
654 BGD		Dengshahe / 39.236329° 122.043757°	DF-26
655 BGD		Tonghua / 41.760074° 125.989030°	?	new base
656 BGD		Qingzhou / 36.675124° 118.451673°	DF-26
65 TRG RGT		Jingyu / 42.313862° 126.906678°
65 Base HQ		Shengyang / 41.857949° 123.450094°
66th Base (6)
661 BGD	801	Lushi / 34.050173° 111.034888°	DF-5
662 BGD	804	Luanchuan / 33.792202° 111.591074°	DF-4	-> DF-41 silo
663 BGD	813	Nanyang / 33.011002° 112.414516°	DF-31
664 BGD		Yiyang / 34.542114° 112.147139°	DF-31A
665 BGD		Xinxiang / 35.290177° 113.945844° ?	?	new base
666 BGD	827	Xinyang / 32.168835° 114.125713°	DF-26
66 TRG RGT		Yiyang / 34.538466° 112.141077°
66Base HQ		Yiyang / 34.534981° 112.149546°
67th Base
67 TRG RGT		Taibai / 34.055570° 107.327384° ?

 

[anzha]

China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts, the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.-Chinese tensions.

The finding, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, may worsen ties already strained by U.S. charges that the global COVID-19 pandemic resulted from Beijing’s mishandling of a 2019 outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Wuhan.

U.S. concerns about Beijing’s possible breaches of a “zero yield” standard for test blasts have been prompted by activities at China’s Lop Nur nuclear test site throughout 2019, the State Department report said.

Zero yield refers to a nuclear test in which there is no explosive chain reaction of the type ignited by the detonation of a nuclear warhead.

“China’s possible preparation to operate its Lop Nur test site year-round, its use of explosive containment chambers, extensive excavation activities at Lop Nur and a lack of transparency on its nuclear testing activities ... raise concerns regarding its adherence to the zero yield standard,” the report said without providing evidence of a low-yield test.

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Remember the source. That said, China's not exactly going to publicize this sort of thing either.

 

[antiterror13]

the keyword is "may" without any evidence and proof .... but China (and the US as well) never ratified the agreement anyway

 

[anzha]

the keyword is "may" without any evidence and proof .... but China (and the US as well) never ratified the agreement anyway

Detection is normally done through the use of seismic sensors followed up by specialized surveillance aircraft. The seismic signature is pretty distinct from earthquakes and even conventional explosives. The 'may' is probably because they have two signatures matching, but don't have the usual sniffers to fly near to sample for isotopes: I seriously doubt they'd be fly anywhere near enough to get useful information.

That said...still consider the source.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

I hope it's true. I would find it a very reassuring sign that China is serious about expanding its nuclear arsenal.

 

[AssassinsMace]

It happened throughout 2019? Why did they not mention it until now? This is the typical tactic of spinning and/or timing releases of news to serve an agenda. In this case because they have to deflect the bungling of the coronavirus at home and distract by releasing negative news on China.

 

[ougoah]

It happened throughout 2019? Why did they not mention it until now? This is the typical tactic of spinning and/or timing releases of news to serve an agenda. In this case because they have to deflect the bungling of the coronavirus at home and distract by releasing negative news on China.

This isn't even the first example of "them" digging stuff up from the past to bitch and moan about now during the current pandemic.

Nuclear tests which China have stopped doing for years if not decades after perfecting hydrogen bombs, miniaturisation, and yield designs. If the 2019 underground tests are even true, it's a good thing to see China re-testing, something the US and others still allow themselves to do since nobody and nothing has actually been agreed on!

Hopefully it is true and it means China is going to rapidly expand nuclear arsenal with newer generations of warheads.

 

[anzha]

This isn't even the first example of "them" digging stuff up from the past to bitch and moan about now during the current pandemic.

It very well may have happened.

However, I think both of you (and AM) are right that this is an attempt to distract from the covid disaster stateside.

 

[AssassinsMace]

It's their gotcha tactics. Usually this happens when someone like Xi Jinping comes the US. They've been holding stories to their chest until the right moment to release them in order to ruin whatever the trip was for. This case they don't like how China has been giving aid to the world so they want to ruin it.

Just like news is Russia is ready to talk hypersonic missile treaty with the US. And the US will include China without any Chinese say. Then when China continues to develop hypersonic missiles, they'll charge China violated the treaty.

 

[broadsword]

The US will be deploying small yield warheads, so the test, if true, probably had to happen.