China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

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kroko

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Bltizo said:
If that pic was photoshopped, then this one must be as well. OR, they could be genuine pics of a new TEL for DF-31A or the TEL for DF-41. I'm thinking the two pics are very well within the realms of possibility. It's not too crazy for China to be testing a new TEL, and these two pics of TEL's are very very similar.

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Yeah i too remembered the resemblance with that truck. If the latest picture is not photoshoped, then it appears to be a fully fitted version of that truck in the 2007 photo. The canister is different from DF-31/DF-31A (since we now know that both use the same TEL). It is lengthier (about 22% longer), and have rings around it. does that mean that it is DF-41? no, but then, what it is for?

Does anyone knows if there are more picures of that truck as recent as this one?
 
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Yeah I never meant that it WAS the DF-41. But it could be for all we know. The most likely option is DF-31A, but with the PLA, anything could be anything else.
 
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kroko said:
Whats the source of that picture? I wonder if it is photoshoped...i mean what is it doing there? it seems to be a racing track...
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That's effectively what it is, a racing track. They are for driving manouvre exercises, you can see them on google earth, I think SOC has a few on his site, but I'll have to double-check.
 
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Try to check this out.. There is an article discussing the DF-41...

But how accurate was this?
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Well, considering that most of the info on that wiki page is based on years old speculation (except janes, but they dont really say anything new), i dont think it has much credibility.
 
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@kroko:
You appear to have very stringent requirements regarding ´credibility´:D,...probably an hour long personal PowerPoint briefing by General Jing Zhiyuan (靖志远) (Commander of Second Artillery) could actually meet your high expectations. Unfortunately the General is a very busy man with a tight schedule and you will certainly have to apply early for an appointment. :cool:
 
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kroko said:
Well, considering that most of the info on that wiki page is based on years old speculation (except janes, but they dont really say anything new), i dont think it has much credibility.
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Most wiki pages on upcoming PLA weapons lack some credibility. (The DH-10 page says it has a range of 4000Km!)

But it's still good to take some of that info with a pinch of salt, especially after we heard CCTV and Xinhua mentioning the DF-41; which means it's probably not a redundant subject as we all thought.
OR the DF-41 could have already been made redundant, and they're just mentioning it to get the Pentagon (and admittedly us) debating and confused over it's existence.
 
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Delbert

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Bltizo said:
Most wiki pages on upcoming PLA weapons lack some credibility. (The DH-10 page says it has a range of 4000Km!)

But it's still good to take some of that info with a pinch of salt, especially after we heard CCTV and Xinhua mentioning the DF-41; which means it's probably not a redundant subject as we all thought.
OR the DF-41 could have already been made redundant, and they're just mentioning it to get the Pentagon (and admittedly us) debating and confused over it's existence.
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What did Xinhua says about the DF-41? Does it exists? I hope you would share some light regarding on what did the report says..
 
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