China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread
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Subedei
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i'd hope that he attaches equal importance to missile development in 2d artillery and PLAN. actually, i'd hope they would develop a common platform for 2d artillery and PLAN deployment.
for 2d artillery, i hope the Chinese follow Russia's lead in deploying mobile icbms, and do so exclusively. i always thought that Russia's mobile topol was the most advantageous method of deploying land-based icbms. should China follow the mobile icbm method, the altai/tien shen mountainous region, in the nw, and the region of greater hinggan range, in the ne, offer the advantages of: northerly launch points, potential for natural hardened shelters, and great range of maneuver.
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i have no idea what you're talking about!
Hendrik_2000
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Well Kroko couple months has passed by since the news of launch show up Only now we have semi confirmation Raj 47 now obtained some photo of real activity around the launch site as well as activity at missile impact site around the test time. Even Jane IHS enter into the fray
See it for yourself at CDF. It is really breaking news even more important than test flight of J 20 or even landing at Liaoning
DF-31 activity was observed in DaQaidam from 8/21/2012 to 9/1/2012.
The activity was probably completed by 9/8/2012.
Activity was also observed at missile impact range about 350 kms NW.
DF31 was reportedly tested from Wuzhai as per Chosun Ilbo
and Taipei Times
Here are some images.
Here is the article from Chosun Ilbo
China 'Tests New Long-Range Missile'
China last month test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach targets in the U.S., unconfirmed reports say. Worries are mounting in the U.S. as the missile, apparently called Dong Feng 41, would be difficult to intercept.
The missile, believed to have been in development since the 1990s, is described as a "multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle with a collection of 10 separate warheads."
China's state-run Global Times quoted the latest edition of defense weekly IHS Jane's on Wednesday as reporting that the 2nd Artillery Corps, China's strategic nuclear missile force, test-launched the missile last month. The military unit fired the missile in the direction of the western desert thousands of miles west of the Wuzhai Missile Test Center in the central Chinese province of Shanxi on July 24, the daily added.
A truck carries a missile believed to be the DF-41. A truck carries a missile believed to be the DF-41.
In China, images of a truck carrying a large missile presumed to be the DF-41 have been posted on the Internet several times since 2007. An unnamed U.S. official said at the time that the missile was the DF-41, and this was the first time the U.S. government confirmed the existence of the DF-41 project, according to IHS Jane's.
But Chinese expert Wei Guoan said, "The missile that was test-launched wasn't the DF-41. But it's true that the Second Artillery Corps is developing a next-generation ICBM with the exact specifications that Western media are talking about."
He added, "Research is underway with the purpose of developing the next-generation ICBM that can hit targets anywhere in the world."
The DF-41 is said to have a range of 10,000-14,000 km, which would cover the entire U.S. The DF-31, its immediate predecessor, had a range of 7,200-8,000 km, which would only allow it to reach part of the western U.S.
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