China ICBM/SLBM, nuclear arms thread

zyklon

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Some rumors about a multi warhead missile with HGVs, perhaps similar config to the Pioneer except with HGVs? Atleast Cute Orca posted a pic of the Pioneer's triple warhead and refused the elaborate.

Sounds like our cetacean friend might be hinting to an operational evolution of what Western sources — namely the Financial Times (
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According to FT:
On July 27 the Chinese military launched a rocket that used a “fractional orbital bombardment” system to propel a nuclear-capable “hypersonic glide vehicle” around the earth for the first time, according to four people familiar with US intelligence assessments.

What the PLARF tested in 2021 was reportedly launched from a Long March rocket — presumably of the liquid fueled variety — though that may or may not be the case here.
 
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