Another Mobile ICBM Test Conducted By China

Operational with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) strategic forces, the DF31A Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is seen here on the annual parade in Beijing. Defense-Update

China Conducts Another Mobile ICBM Test -- Washington Free Beacon

DF-31A launch was third flight test in past year

China’s military recently carried out a third test of a long-range DF-31A ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States with nuclear warheads.

U.S. officials with access to intelligence reports said the flight test of a DF-31A road-mobile ICBM took place July 24 in China and highlights Beijing’s large-scale nuclear force buildup.

The test was carried out in complete secrecy as part of China’s policy of not revealing details of its strategic nuclear forces in public.

A Pentagon spokesman had no comment on the flight test. “I recommend you contact the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China,” Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale said.

Chinese Embassy spokesmen did not respond to email requests for comment about the ICBM test.

The U.S. officials did not provide further details of the flight test.

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My Comment: The Chinese are still far behind in numbers and capabilities of what the U.S. and Russia are capable of when it comes to nuclear weapons .... but the Chinese are catching up.