China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

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ACuriousPLAFan

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Latest official newspaper suggests that new missile is still under development, but moving to "production-test" status in the coming years.
What would that new missile be?

DF-51? DF-27? DF-6?

What is the name of that official newspaper? Can we get a link to said news article?
 
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Kalec

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What would that new missile be?

DF-51? DF-27? DF-6?

What is the name of that official newspaper? Can we get a link to said news article?
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在日趋紧张的型号竞标大环境下,发动机的性能指标愈发先进,为达到一个个看似不可能的性能数据,突击队队长刘凯鼓励大家“与其被浪冲击,不如去冲浪!” 突击队大胆采用”五新”技术提升发动机性能,在五大新研方向全面发力、共同研究,取得了多项新技术、新材料的突破。
经过突击队员的攻坚克难、不懈努力,多型重点型号发动机性能实现了跨代提升,将在院固体发动机技术的后续发展中起到重要牵引作用,进一步筑牢技术壁垒,确保四院技术领先地位。
未来纪念,突击队承担的多个重要型号将进入密集的“生产+试验“研制阶段,产品和试验数量将成倍增长。
目前,突击队负责的所有型号研制都在按照计划有条不紊地进行中,站在新的历史起点,突击队也必将在与困难挑战的正面交锋中主动出击,用笑傲苍穹地豪情,托举起捍卫民族尊严和国家安宁的倚天长剑。
And regarding the "党员突击队," there are 5 strategic solid motors.

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41所五型战略型号攻关党员突击队
 

rambo54

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Silo update: the last 3 remaining shelters have been removed since August 24.

ALL construction shelters have been removed so far. I am still watching closely whether there will be additional new silos or new fields under construction. Hope GE can capture some missile loading photos as well.

Latest official newspaper suggests that new missile is still under development, but moving to "production-test" status in the coming years.
Are you talking about the DF-41 fields or the new DF-5 cluster?
 

dirtyid

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Video from last week: US Naval Institute /w Jim Fannell seemingly confirming Aug 2020 PRC missile tests (DF26 + DF21D) "by all acounts" hit moving target at sea. I've mused about this test before about how US confirmed then retracted hit on target, followed by PRC senior colonel Wang Xiangsui confirming success in November with no US followup. This seems like final confirmation by former director of intelligence for pacific fleet. Relevant timestamp @27:44, transcript juice:

then right outside ningbo in eastern china they shot a df-21d and a df-26 into that target closure area and by all accounts they hit a moving target. Now this was the first time that any one of these anti-carrier ballistic missiles had actually been seen to actually you know find a target at sea and hit it. And i think it was a signal from china to our navy to say we know you've been watching this. I watched the development of this missile system in 2006 to 2008 when i was the office of naval intelligence uh but there were always skeptics around saying well they've never hit a moving target and i think china very uh deftly sent us a signal saying we can hit you. And so this is a kind of a confirmation of the worst fears that many of us had and so that's why there's a lot of work inside the navy to figure out how do we deceive this missile system or be able to shoot it down.

Also validates my argument that PRC focus on land testing for opsec (away from western ELINT in open waters), which seemed to be a big talking point in recent Herzinger & Doyle's Carrier Killer book that speculated PRC forced to move missile testing back to desert because these missiles weren't ready. The propaganda/narrative around this test was interesting to follow and seems like some US analysts ate their own bait.

 
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