I think he might be referring to the an aggregate number that spans a few decades or maybe 50 years. Accounting for the inflation and stuff, it's plausible.
China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread
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No, It’s an accounting and auditing problem. Basically questionable or unclear adjustments made to the asset side as well as the liability side are added together as unaccounted for even though they offset earth other. The same applies to internal transfers that are counted multiple times even though the underlying amount stays the same. So unaccounted money isn’t the same as money spent. And that’s why the pentagon failed the audit.
There are no impat craters though. Maybe the missiles used are filled with graphite or inert submunitions?
escobar
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Hope they are planning for more than 145 and all of them will have missile, not just try to hide a relatively small number of warheads across a network of silos
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escobar
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Could just be a shell game
bajingan
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does China already have great wall of tunnel (which already effective) to hide its icbms? or is this just another layer of concealing strategy?
Again, it has to do with fissile and other materials necessary to vastly expand China's nuclear arsenal.
More likely a sponge strategy to absorb adversary's first strike, I guess.
I think this is a great idea for China. Expanding silo infrasturcture can keep the Americans guessing and attract enemy fire. 145 silos require at least 300 warheads to destroy. If China is building cheap decoy silos as well, this will draw a lot of warheads away from the cities.
To be fair, the major cities and important targets will still be hit. However, small to medium sized cities may survive because of this.
To be fair, the major cities and important targets will still be hit. However, small to medium sized cities may survive because of this.
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