China ICBM/SLBM, nuclear arms thread

[Maikeru]

5C is liquid fuelled? So not a good choice for a silo-based system.

My understanding was that DF-45 is the silo-based version of the DF-41?

But my point is that if China has no plans to put 10 warheads on each missile, they might as well use a smaller and cheaper DF-31 instead.

Liquid fuel is way better for a silo-based system than it is for a mobile or sea-based system. Ampoulisation and other measures reduce the downsides of liquid fuel, while its much higher energy density enables greater payloads for the same size of missile compared to solid fuel.

 

[AndrewS]

Liquid fuel is way better for a silo-based system than it is for a mobile or sea-based system. Ampoulisation and other measures reduce the downsides of liquid fuel, while its much higher energy density enables greater payloads for the same size of missile compared to solid fuel.

They can keep liquid-fuelled missiles continuously fuelled now?

 

[Maikeru]

They can keep liquid-fuelled missiles continuously fuelled now?

Either that or in ampoules next to the silo so fuel loading is done in seconds.