China ICBM/SLBM, nuclear arms thread
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Is this museum in Mianyang or Guangyuan? Does it the museum provide the weight to yield ratio of the old warheads?
It is in Zitong County of Mianyang.
ofc no. Both of warheads are on par with US and Soviet in their early-mid 1960s design.
ICBM tests went on September 17, still not clear whether it was from Taiyuan or Jilantai.
Which set it apart from previous tests is, there were actually two ICBM tests simultaneously and their drop zones were almost identical except very slight difference. Overall they had seven drop zones.
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The second one is a werido, never seen such drop zones like this before.
NOTAM raw info:
Which set it apart from previous tests is, there were actually two ICBM tests simultaneously and their drop zones were almost identical except very slight difference. Overall they had seven drop zones.
The second one is a werido, never seen such drop zones like this before.
NOTAM raw info:
As a complete nobody that knows nothing, the second one almost looks as if they are trying to expand the range of possible targets a single ICBM can hit within a trip. Perhaps to complicate things for missile defense networks? Anybody feel free to correct me if I am way off base.
The 10kN mysterious engine resurfaces again in the latest journal while engineers are talking about main engine of manned spaceship.
The Isp of 5 kN engine reached 307-308 s, and the first flight mission was successfully completed in 2018, with a cumulative ignition of 1,034 s in orbit. FYI, the so-called 5kN engine is called Yuanzheng-3 (AKA YZ-3)。
The 10 kN engine has completed several rounds of test runs, and the vacuum Isp has been increased from 305 s to more than 315 s
Further comparison with Isp on:
| Engine | RS-14 | RS-34 | RD-866 | RD-869 | 2013 Engine | 2018 Engine |
| Thrust | 1.39 kN | 11.70 kN | 5.20 kN + 16 x 116 N | 20.47 kN | 2.4kN | 10kN |
| Isp | 315s | 308s | 306s | 313s | 305s - 308s | 315s |
| Missile | Minuteman | Peacekeeper | RT-23 | SS-18 Satan | Likely to be DF-41 | Unknown |
Source:
Are all of China’s warheads deployed (I’d hope, so), or do they maintain a portion in reserve?
2023 Report comes sooner than I thought. Some interesting interpretation from DoD:
"Told you so" to FAS report of 420 warheads.
I don't know how they concluded that DF-5C will be a megaton bunkerbuster because DF-5B has been MIRV'ed since 2005. And the "JL-3" (which is still JL-2A/B in my interpretation) is operational as expected.
"Told you so" to FAS report of 420 warheads.
I don't know how they concluded that DF-5C will be a megaton bunkerbuster because DF-5B has been MIRV'ed since 2005. And the "JL-3" (which is still JL-2A/B in my interpretation) is operational as expected.