The formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Bloomberg: U.S. Sees Rising Risk in ‘Breathtaking’ China Nuclear Expansion
(Bloomberg) -- China’s “breathtaking expansion” of its strategic and nuclear arsenal is a quickly escalating risk for the U.S., the head of U.S. Strategic Command plans to tell lawmakers at a closed-door hearing on Tuesday.
China’s first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile-launched hypersonic glide vehicle last July is a “technological achievement with serious implications for strategic stability,” Admiral Charles Richard wrote in prepared testimony posted on the website of the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee.
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WNU Editor: This is one of the platforms that the experts are speculating may be used for China's nuclear forces .... China plans 'Doomsday trains' that could transport nuclear missiles around the country and even carry out launches which are hard to detect (Daily Mail).
Garsh, it is not like this is as new concept It has been around 40 years at least.
ReplyDeleteAround 1982 it was proposed to base the LGM-118 Peacekeeper on trains (Peacekeeper Rail Garrison).
"In the 1980s the Soviets finally developed the RT-23 Molodets intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)—shortened from earlier ICBMs to fit inside a standard train wagon. The resulting SS-24 missile (codenamed Scalpel by NATO) was 2.4-meters in diameter, used solid fuel for relatively rapid launch, and could strike targets 6,800 miles away thanks to its three-stage rocket boosters. There was also a silo-based variant. The 104-ton missiles were packed with ten 550-kiloton nuclear warheads which separated to hit different targets on reentry."
Maybe if Feinstein, Pelosi, Clinton, Loral Aerospace and others would cease and desist shoveling jobs offshore to China maybe China would not have so much money to resurrect such schemes and improve upon them.
We cannot allow a mineshaft gap.
ReplyDeleteThere are at least 2 Russian agents here.
ReplyDeleteThis is big news because the executives at Boeing and Lockheed need to upgrade their private jets.
ReplyDeleteWe better plow more cash into the MIC just to be safe.
China keeps plowing more and more money into their MIC. Soon 10:19 will have nowhere to go except threats.
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