China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

[Sleepyjam]

Xi told Biden that China's stockpile is much smaller than United States.

Hopefully that puts end on peoples claims that China has massive arsenal hidden in somewhere.

Do you have a source on that? “much smaller” is pretty vague

 

[Xizor]

Xi told Biden that China's stockpile is much smaller than United States.

Hopefully that puts end on peoples claims that China has massive arsenal hidden in somewhere.

While there are not many peoples who claim what you insist they did, i'd like to know the source.
Why should China divulge details of their nuclear program to the US? Can that avert whatever is US planning to do against China?
What's the cause and effect here ?

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

Xi told Biden that China's stockpile is much smaller than United States.

No, he didn't.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Xi told Biden that China's stockpile is much smaller than United States.

Hopefully that puts end on peoples claims that China has massive arsenal hidden in somewhere.

This is an extraordinary claim. Can you provide a link to the video used and timestamp, or transcript, used for this claim?

 

[Temstar]

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"They launched a long-range missile," Hyten told CBS News. "It went around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that glided all the way back to China, that impacted a target in China." Asked if it hit the target, Hyten replied, "Close enough."

Holy shit, intercontinental HGV

 

[Blitzo]

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Holy shit, intercontinental HGV

I thought it would be something like this.
FOBS just doesn't make much sense.

 

[Overbom]

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Holy shit, intercontinental HGV

This is big news. So itsn't a FOBS. Might sound like a meme, but this changes everything if it really is a intercontinental HGV

Unless I am mistaken that's a proper US-style Global Prompt Strike weapon

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

FOBS just doesn't make much sense.

This is big news. So itsn't a FOBS.

It's much better to consider the issue purely from the perspective of orbital mechanics. Any small object moving under the influence of a much larger body's gravitation traces an ellipse (technically, it traces a conic section but let's not overcomplicate things). In the case of an ICBM, the ellipse it traces happens to intersect with the Earth. I believe the most sensible route for this platform is a quasi-orbital ellipse, in that the short arm of the ellipse intersects the Earth's atmosphere. As I mentioned in a previous post, you can use this to insert a glider with zero cumulative thermal loading (since up to that point it had travelled in space) at orbital speed (~8 km/s) relatively close to your target.

"FOBS" as it's popularly conceived usually means a circular orbit above the atmosphere. That's just about the stupidest way to deploy any weapon, as you will have to expend an unsightly amount of fuel bringing the vehicle down from orbit. By contrast, you would need none whatsoever if you programmed the trajectory properly.

Unless I am mistaken that's a proper US-style Global Prompt Strike weapon

Prompt Global Strike with Chinese Characteristics.

 

[clockwork]

I thought it would be something like this.
FOBS just doesn't make much sense.

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Holy shit, intercontinental HGV

I am really confused. Isn't this what people were saying the FOBS-HGV system did anyway? Partial orbit that circled the globe, then deorbit to release an HGV? How does his description differ at all from previous ones?

Also, didn't Russia already deploy an intercontinental HGV with the Avangard

 

[Temstar]

I thought it would be something like this.
FOBS just doesn't make much sense.

Well it's still FOBS + HGV as we guessed earlier, it's just the HGV part of it has really really long range.

The FOBS part may not be the intention, it's probably more in order for the HGV to achieve it's super long guide range it needs to re-enter at full orbital velocity and not just suborbital, so it just happens to make the launcher into a FOBS.