A new type of nuclear submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is reviewed during a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
FOX News: China increases ability to strike U.S. with sub-carried missiles
U.S. Pacific Fleet leader says China's new missiles can reach U.S. from its own waters.
China has a new missile loaded onto submarines that can strike the continental U.S. from the South China Sea, according to reports.
U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of the U.S. Pacific Fleet told a group of military reporters in Washington on Friday that China’s Jin-class submarines are "equipped with JL-3 intercontinental ballistic missiles," Bloomberg reported.
"They were built to threaten the United States," the admiral said. "We keep close track of those submarines."
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Update: China deploys JL-3 ballistic missiles on its Type 094 submarines (Navy Recognition).
WNU Editor: China says US concerns are exaggerated .... US hypes China's JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile deployment 'with ulterior motives' (Global Times).
India believes this nuclear missile deployment targets them .... China’s JL-3 missile can’t cover the US mainland. But it has implications for India (The Print).
1 comment:
The admiral's words are an idiotic blatant statement of the obvious.
And now for our required point of sarcasm.
No squid head, those missles are for starting the festivities at Burning Man.
What did you think popeye?, The Chinese were going to shoot bottle rockets at you? Give us a break.
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