China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

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enroger

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No chance there are live nukes inside the ICBMs. They remove the nukes and leave them at the base before going on the parade.

Obviously the missiles taking place in the parade are an inconsequential part of the arsenal, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to spare them.

Yeah, but if all the tubes in the pictures are loaded then there are what? over two hundred warheads? I honestly didn't count.

According to some western "experts", those would be the entirety of China's nuke arsenal...
 

Biscuits

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Yeah, but if all the tubes in the pictures are loaded then there are what? over two hundred warheads? I honestly didn't count.

According to some western "experts", those would be the entirety of China's nuke arsenal...

IIRC there were 16 DF-41 (10x16) + 16 DF-31AG (3x16) + = ~208 nukes plucked out, give or take a dozen depending on which size the warheads were.

But those wouldn’t be picked from active brigades, so there would be no change in the number of alert warheads.

What is surprising is the number of DF-41. They’re the only missiles that can reach South America, which otherwise requires sailing a SSBN up closer to them. That China can afford to let 16 of them take a break is surprising.
 

antiterror13

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IIRC there were 16 DF-41 (10x16) + 16 DF-31AG (3x16) + = ~208 nukes plucked out, give or take a dozen depending on which size the warheads were.

But those wouldn’t be picked from active brigades, so there would be no change in the number of alert warheads.

What is surprising is the number of DF-41. They’re the only missiles that can reach South America, which otherwise requires sailing a SSBN up closer to them. That China can afford to let 16 of them take a break is surprising.

yeapppp, China just send a message to the US and the world that China has much more than 16 DF-41, probably ~50, my guess
 

AndrewS

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I don't know for sure how much is DF-41 per unit.

Minuteman III cost was $7M, probably in 1980s dollars
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My rough guess of the cost of DF-41 is around US$50M ... so 50 DF-41 is only US$2.5B .. just a peanut

China in my opinion should field at least 100 DF-41, the same figure for DF-31AG

A Long March 3B rocket launch (425tonnes) costs $70M+
A Kuaizhou rocket launch (30tonnes) costs $14M
A Trident II rocket (59tonnes) costs $31M

So if a DF-41 rocket is 80tonnes, I'd go with a cost of $30M.
 

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