Whoa when on earth did that change occur? 13,200 km range would allow the DF-31A to go all the way to Key West in Florida when launched from Northern China. But 11,200 km range would barely reach Manhattan.
China ICBM/SLBM, nuclear arms thread
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On wiki, the cited source for the 13,200 range was from the 2008 Pentagon Report, which was dated. FAS stated the range as 11,200, I believe. However, I can totally DF-31A going well being the 13,000 km range when armed with a single or only two miniaturised warhead, such as the 120kg 575 warhead.
1. China will change its posture to lunch on warning. A first strike option is actually not good for China, giving its overwhelming conventional military power !
2. There are already 9 IR satellites as well as many ground based radars using the latest AESA technology. A nuclear command post using Y-20 is totally doable but it is already in the development will be shown soon; remember China did not start building and upgrading its early warning until 2018 with Russia's help ! (My guess is the 2025 WWII victory parade, China's nuclear command post as well as airbone warning radars will be shown !! )
3. DF-41, JL-2, DF-5B as well as H-6N were all shown in 2019 parade, the next grand parade in 2025 will certainly show new nuclear weapons as a show of force !
4. There is no need for nationwide exercise at this moment since war is not immanent yet !! (No need to panic !)
Any thoughts on the ?
The key takeaways in my view are:
The key takeaways in my view are:
- They favour US first use on invasion forces, either on TW or in the water, but not on the mainland
- They favour striking mainland military targets in retaliation for Chinese first use
- They consider a counter force strike a risky, but potentially viable, option
1. US use nuclear weapons on invasion will prompt a Chinese retaliation on US bases or China simply use tactical nukes to destroy all of Taiwan's military bases and forces. This will result in a Chinese take over of Taiwan anyway !
3. If their counter force strike fail, then entire US will get WIPED OUT !! (For example, China lunched on warning !!)
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This once again showed that how important China's nuclear build up is !!
China need 3000 650KT warheads ASAP !!
They say they'll need to signal to North Korea or Russia that they'll gain nothing from nuclear use and to continue deterring North Korea and Russia. How? They never describe this. Because it's impossible. Russia will quickly realize that it is going to be in a use it or lose it situation because if China gets conquered or destroyed, they are next. North Korea is even more incentivized to retaliate, since China is a treaty ally and the reality is, if China cannot provide economic aid anymore, North Korea collapses.
They also don't have the capability to target Chinese ships from strategic distances since they don't have the capability to hit moving targets. Tactical use is going to be just as hard as conventional warfare, since cruise missiles get shot down like everything else and they probably won't have the capability of dropping a dumb bomb.
lol,
Also you can see that the author of this article Matthew Kroenig.
He only showed old Chinese nuclear weapons like DF-31A and older 094 SSBN.
He is scared of China's ultra deadly DF-41 with 10 MIRV !!
That is why he did not show it in his report !!
Damn, China still hasn't independent, sovereign Baozi and Gaifan doctrine!
Matthew Kroenig, he is also scared of the three new silos fields that China has just finished building !
Which he also intentionally omitted in his stupid report !
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