Reason for China building WMDs

renmin

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rice said:
actually, the direct flight distance from beijing to washington DC is 11143.93km

although we all know that beijing is not the closest point in china to the US

as for why china has wmds, the same reason other countries have i would imagine. why does the US have wmds?
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the US probably has it because they want to dominate the world and to show they are the supreme country (probably true), i believe china has WMDs to counter countries who want to harry them (like in the past: the opeam wars, Japan etc.).

try to stay away from nationalism here, USA developed nukes first for self defence remember ww2??
 
tphuang

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alright, this is what I was trying to find. Should give you guys an idea of each BMs range. Remember, DF-31 was developed to be able to fit in a submarine tube, so obviously, it has shorter range.

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chinawhite

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@ tphuang

Designed to fit into a submarine?

It was designed first and formost as a mobile ICBM. The development of the DF-31 was started in 1978. that means the intial planing and design was already fixed before. The Type-92 was first launched in 1981 with the JL-1/DF-21 being its main armement.

If it was designed to fit into a submainre tube there was no submainre that would have been available for it. The newer Type-94 submainre would be designed around the JL-2 missile instead of the missile designed around the submainre.

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Chinawhite
 
renmin

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like Chinawhite said, the original development of the DF-31 was far before China had any ballistic missile submarines to fit the size of the missile itself, the idea of the JL-2 is to take a DF-31 missile and arm it on a submarine. the basic concept is still the same.and don't forget, the type 94 is still being designed
 
MIGleader

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rice said:
actually, the direct flight distance from beijing to washington DC is 11143.93km

although we all know that beijing is not the closest point in china to the US

as for why china has wmds, the same reason other countries have i would imagine. why does the US have wmds?
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too risky. that would be stretching the limit of the missle to the brink, and youd have to count in wind speeds, atmospheric conditions,....plus the missle would be flying to long and would be detected.

actually remin, the first 94 has been launched to join the 92. its from strategy center. ive asked dongfeng repeated times to update the 94 page, but he wont.(lack of further info?)
 
renmin

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MIGleader said:
too risky. that would be stretching the limit of the missle to the brink, and youd have to count in wind speeds, atmospheric conditions,....plus the missle would be flying to long and would be detected.

actually remin, the first 94 has been launched to join the 92. its from strategy center. ive asked dongfeng repeated times to update the 94 page, but he wont.(lack of further info?)
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oh I see, you can't find much information on the type94, it has not been updated for a long time. does any one have any more information on the JL-2 because it is defenantly not here.
 
MIGleader

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renmin said:
oh I see, you can't find much information on the type94, it has not been updated for a long time. does any one have any more information on the JL-2 because it is defenantly not here.
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at least its "finished"
 
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If I'm not mistaken, DF-31A also has an improved guidance package as well. The range is improved with an added booster stage. Is this correct? I believe DF-31 being used as a land variant was used to qualify JL-2 in all respects.
 
renmin

renmin

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Sea Dog said:
If I'm not mistaken, DF-31A also has an improved guidance package as well. The range is improved with an added booster stage. Is this correct? I believe DF-31 being used as a land variant was used to qualify JL-2 in all respects.
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true, the DF-31A can also deliver a payload of between 1,050 and 1,750 kg. it also uses an inertial guidance system equipped with a stellar update system. you can learn more info on the ballistic missiles of the world on missilethreat.com
 
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