China's 294 megatons of thermonuclear deterrence

[IronsightSniper]

The nukes aren't that powerful, even with the peak stockpile during the Cold War can't destroy Earth's entire living population.

Today's nukes are primarily used to bomb its opponent back into the stone age.

It's more on the terms of sheer quantity of quality, methinks. Russia and China are really the only nations that field high megatonnage nukes, and even they are starting to phase them out. In the future, yes, the only purpose for nuclear weapons would not be for MAD, but rather a small, precise tool to deliver high damage to specific targets, at minimal risk to everything else.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

It's more on the terms of sheer quantity of quality, methinks. Russia and China are really the only nations that field high megatonnage nukes, and even they are starting to phase them out. In the future, yes, the only purpose for nuclear weapons would not be for MAD, but rather a small, precise tool to deliver high damage to specific targets, at minimal risk to everything else.

I think the US professor has just nailed it, China got around 3000 nukes, more preciously 3600.

Since China's nuclear policy always follows in between the maximum deterrence of USA/USSR and the minimum deterrence of UK/France.

And with conducting 20-30 flight tests of ICBMs/SLBMs per year, China most likely has around 350-450 ICBMs/SLBMs in its inventory.

 

[feilong]

Megatonnage is a bad measure of a nation's nuclear power. Anything more than x (I haven't gotten around to doing the research) is enough to ruin a nation (or the world for that matter) for decades. Russia and the US can each destroy the world some odd times over. China probably doesn't have that capability, but they do have the capability to say, kill half, if not more, of the US or Russian populations with their nukes, which is enough, really.

Hi IronsightSniper,
China has more than 3000 nukes to take care of US if they crazy enough to go ahead with Nukes war today and or tomorrow.

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Oh dude, we can buy salt water filter, and we can survive at least one year , when poor Chinese will die in 50 days

can you survived more than a year if we dump oil to the ocean?

 

[IronsightSniper]

Hi IronsightSniper,
China has more than 3000 nukes to take care of US if they crazy enough to go ahead with Nukes war today and or tomorrow.

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can you survived more than a year if we dump oil to the ocean?

Not much of them could reach the U.S., though, which again, is not relevant as what they have that could reach the U.S. is more than enough to 'discourage' a war.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Not much of them could reach the U.S., though, which again, is not relevant as what they have that could reach the U.S. is more than enough to 'discourage' a war.

PLA's second artillery has quite lot number of ICBM brigades, and each brigade operates about 12 ICBMs.

A standard Chinese ICBM is about 12000km of range which can hit anywhere in US from the North Pole trajectory.

The 99% of the US population don't know the truth, but it doesn't mean that the top 1% have no clue about it.

Those rich lobbyists simply don't want to jeopardize their life and wealth, that's why US could never afford a nuclear exchange with China.

 

[feilong]

PLA's second artillery has quite lot number of ICBM brigades, and each brigade operates about 12 ICBMs.

A standard Chinese ICBM is about 12000km of range which can hit anywhere in US from the North Pole trajectory.

The 99% of the US population don't know the truth, but it doesn't mean that the top 1% have no clue about it.
Those rich lobbyists simply don't want to jeopardize their life and wealth, that's why US could never afford a nuclear exchange with China.

Don't need to argue to much with IronsightSniper, he still living in a stone age era and doesnt know anything around the world. China could not reach USA but can and will reach moon, so USA is far than the Moon so China cannot reach.

 

[feilong]

US doen't need to do that, US just simply capture all of your merchan ships in Malacca, and China will die bcz of oil shortage after that

Hehe, but your govt. love to dump poor Chinese peasants like you to the ocean than to dump oil bcz your leaders are so rich, they don't wanna die in battle with VN

That oil route only can support to Nanning, not Beijing-HK-Macau and another coastal cities, and Myanmar just snub you too.

New Military Chief Snubs China with Vietnam Visit
All sub-Mekong nations is happy with VietNam's plan to kick China out od ASEAN

I think your government will sacrafice you viets and begging money from china to keep your economic alive.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Don't need to argue to much with IronsightSniper, he still living in a stone age era and doesnt know anything around the world. China could not reach USA but can and will reach moon, so USA is far than the Moon so China cannot reach.

We have a strong spear right now, but we also need a indestructible shield, which is our national missile defence.

I think by 2015-2020, China's own NMD will be 100% ready with the MKV and the anti-missile laser.

Right now, China's anti-missile laser can shoot down any object above 2000km of altitude.

 

[NiceGuy]

I think your government will sacrafice you viets and begging money from china to keep your economic alive.

As I remember, we "beg" for 200 $ form China by ramming your surveillance ship

 

[j20blackdragon]

That's right ASEAN, please cut off the Strait of Malacca and see what happens.

Seriously, do it.

 

[NiceGuy]

That's right ASEAN, please cut off the Strait of Malacca and see what happens.

Seriously, do it.

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Hehe, we have Nuclear ballistic missile Shaddock with the range of 600km too

Don't mess up with VN and ASEAN , or your supper rich leaders will die too (and of course they don;t wanna die)

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Hehe, we have Nuclear ballistic missile Shaddock with the range of 600km too

Don't mess up with VN and ASEAN , or your supper rich leaders will die too (and of course they don;t wanna die)

China's 3000-6000km IRBMs all locate in the inland region of China.

Not even US can touch these areas.

 

[j20blackdragon]

Hehe, we have Nuclear ballistic missile Shaddock with the range of 600km too

Don't mess up with VN and ASEAN , or your supper rich leaders will die too (and of course they don;t wanna die)

China has that covered.

2010 Chinese anti-ballistic missile test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[below_freezing]

Vietnam will not go nuclear.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Vietnam will not go nuclear.

Vietnam cannot afford to build the nuclear arsenal, she has no precondition to build these.