DoD´s china military report 2012 is out

Broccoli

Broccoli

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By 2015, China will also field additional road-mobile DF-31A (CSS-10 Mod2) intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and enhanced, silo-based DF-5 (CSS-4) ICBMs.
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DF-5's are going to be used even after 2015? That's odd. Why use DF-5 if they already have something like DF-31A in production.
 
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kroko

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Broccoli said:
DF-5's are going to be used even after 2015? That's odd. Why use DF-5 if they already have something like DF-31A in production.
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hmm. I think that they are refering to the existing DF-5A already in the arsenal. As for why they will still be in service in 2015, keep in mind that chinese ICBM rate of construction is very low, thats why they will keep older ICBM´s in service.

Since i cant acess the report, is there any more news about the status of DF-31A or the new possible ICBM that the china report 2011 refered ??
 
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no_name

Colonel
Kurt said:
There are two versions of this report, a public and a non-public one. Guess which one we can access?
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There are also likely two budget figures, a public one and a non-public one, guess which one.... ;)

edit: just kidding
 
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blacklist

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kroko said:
hmm. I think that they are refering to the existing DF-5A already in the arsenal. As for why they will still be in service in 2015, keep in mind that chinese ICBM rate of construction is very low, thats why they will keep older ICBM´s in service.

Since i cant acess the report, is there any more news about the status of DF-31A or the new possible ICBM that the china report 2011 refered ??
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By 2015, China will also field additional road-mobile DF-31A (CSS-10 Mod2) intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and enhanced, silo-based DF-5 (CSS-4) ICBMs. The PLA Second Artillery Corps faces several challenges in its force structure, including integrating both new and planned systems.
 
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