China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

[escobar]

Quick summary:
China has 4 GEOs, a smaller one with a sub-satellite in GEO and 1 in HEO.
U.S. has 6 GEOs and 4 HEOs, GEO series has been finished and no idea on whether there will be more HEOs.
Russia has 5 HEOs.

Which one is that?

 

[Kalec]

Chinese numbers likely to increase in near future ?

Definitely, China needs more HEOs over the northern hemisphere at least 3 more

Which one is that?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1435296181178060800

TSJ-3 and its sub-satellite, there were quite lot of discussions back then. It is still open to debate whether it really is a early warning satellite or not.
Personally I count TSJ-2,5,6,7 as confirmed GEO EW satellites and TSJ-3 as TBC.
Note all of confirmed GEO EWs were launched by CZ-3B and TSJ-3 was launched by CZ-3C, indicating a smaller weight of TSJ-3.

 

[escobar]

TSJ-3 and its sub-satellite, there were quite lot of discussions back then. It is still open to debate whether it really is a early warning satellite or not.

Based on its activities TJS-3 certainly not an EW sat.

Personally I count TSJ-2,5,6,7 as confirmed GEO EW satellites and TSJ-3 as TBC.
Note all of confirmed GEO EWs were launched by CZ-3B and TSJ-3 was launched by CZ-3C, indicating a smaller weight of TSJ-3.

Yes, TSJ-2,5,6,7 are the GEO EW sats and Shiyan-10 is rumored to be the experimental HEO EW sat

 

[Kalec]

Based on its activities TJS-3 certainly not an EW sat.

Yes, TSJ-2,5,6,7 are the GEO EW sats and Shiyan-10 is rumored to be the experimental HEO EW sat

Then China probably needs another 2 GEO EW satellites and 3-4 more HEO EW satellites.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

Based on its activities TJS-3 certainly not an EW sat.

Nothing in the video you posted refutes the proposition that TJS-3 is an early warning satellite.

 

[SEAD]

New class of BM/HGV/HCM teased?

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I will just attach this ending screenshot for reference.
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Source:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1579058053399605250

Please pardon me for this, but since I couldn't find the video anywhere else, hence I'm left with no choice but to quote the Tweet from - View attachment 99057

For me it’s just RF’s sarcasm to AF’s “THE NEXT” lol

 

[by78]

Forty years ago today, China successfully conducted its first underwater launch test of the JL-1 SLBM.

 

[Red tsunami]

What's this

 

[gelgoog]

A blurry picture. Anyway that is no TEL I know about.

 

[by78]

What's this

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A photoshopped image.