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"yes, good enough to beat US"Air-to-Air Missiles: Capabilities and Developments In China
By Peter Wood, David Yang, and Roger Cliff
Published November 30, 2020
China Aerospace Studies Institute | USAF Air University
“Good enough”, this is how I often describe China’s short-term ambitions. They don’t need to have a world-class / global-leader military, not yet; what they need is something that is ‘good enough’
LATEST UPDATE - CHINA NUKE WARHEAD COUNT -- FAS VERSION December 2020 edition:
From Matt Korda @mattkorda on 2020.12.10:
Our 2020 overview of China's nuclear forces is out
@BulletinAtomic, w/ estimates by @nukestrat and myself:
Bomb 350 warheads (~270 operational; >DoD's # b/c we include warheads for incoming weapons)
for delivery by:
- Rocket 240 land-based missiles
- Airplane 20 gravity bombs
- Motor boat 48 SLBMs
Matt Korda is a Research Associate for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), where he co-authors the Nuclear Notebook with Hans Kristensen. Previously, he worked for the Arms Control, Disarmament, and WMD Non-Proliferation Centre at NATO HQ in Brussels. Matt is also the co-director of Foreign Policy Generation––a group of young people working to develop a progressive foreign policy for the next generation.
He received his MA in International Peace & Security from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, where he subsequently worked as a Research Assistant on nuclear deterrence and strategic stability. He also completed an internship with the Verification, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC) in London, where he focused on nuclear security and safeguards.
He is a Canadian, lives/works in Washington, Toronto.
Matt Korda - Federation of American Scientists
Matt Korda is a Senior Research Fellow for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists.fas.org
Those who read and think, know that the FAS is conducting propaganda works with such reports like this one.Obviously still a propaganda to western main stream. For example DF-41. The launcher number visible to them is 18 from the parade. With an assumption of carrying 3 warheads and a range of 12,000 km, they summarised that to be 54 warheads.
I really think Kristansen goes with 3 warheads on the DF-41 because that's the smallest number the word "multiple" in MIRV allows him to get away with. It's so widely accepted that the DF-41 is MIRVed that even Hans has to go along with it, so he has to have at least 2. I'm sure he'd love to say 2 warheads, but 2 doesn't quite make "multiple", but 3 does.Obviously still a propaganda to western main stream. For example DF-41. The launcher number visible to them is 18 from the parade. With an assumption of carrying 3 warheads and a range of 12,000 km, they summarised that to be 54 warheads.
Well I hope China comes up with 1500 to 2000 KM range land attack version of YJ 18. If it already doesn't exist. Which I hope does exist.
Obviously still a propaganda to western main stream. For example DF-41. The launcher number visible to them is 18 from the parade. With an assumption of carrying 3 warheads and a range of 12,000 km, they summarised that to be 54 warheads.
again; samsara, please ignore baseless western report; I guess the canadian still lives in 1980s; we NO LONGER use single warhead ICBM; simply, each chinese DF41 missile, the world's biggest TEL based ICBM, has 10-12 nuclear warheads; at least over hundred of DF41 missiles are deployed, thus simply counting thousands of nuclear warheads all-time-ready by now; also, note that US is officially asking China to join START treaty between US and russia since US is currently suspecting about numbers of chinese nuclear warheads (implying US does NOT believe official number of them)LATEST UPDATE - CHINA NUKE WARHEAD COUNT -- FAS VERSION December 2020 edition:
From Matt Korda @mattkorda on 2020.12.10:
Our 2020 overview of China's nuclear forces is out
@BulletinAtomic, w/ estimates by @nukestrat and myself:
Bomb 350 warheads (~270 operational; >DoD's # b/c we include warheads for incoming weapons)
for delivery by:
- Rocket 240 land-based missiles
- Airplane 20 gravity bombs
- Motor boat 48 SLBMs
Again I hope Pakistan pays in cash if it wants something from china; Pakistan always sounds like our arms is almost freeWell I hope China comes up with 1500 to 2000 KM range land attack version of YJ 18. If it already doesn't exist. Which I hope does exist.
Nothing has been bought for free. Everything is being paid for. How about you learn facts before spewing BS.again; samsara, please ignore baseless western report; I guess the canadian still lives in 1980s; we NO LONGER use single warhead ICBM; simply, each chinese DF41 missile, the world's biggest TEL based ICBM, has 10-12 nuclear warheads; at least over hundred of DF41 missiles are deployed, thus simply counting thousands of nuclear warheads all-time-ready by now; also, note that US is officially asking China to join START treaty between US and russia since US is currently suspecting about numbers of chinese nuclear warheads (implying US does NOT believe official number of them)
Again I hope Pakistan pays in cash if it wants something from china; Pakistan always sounds like our arms is almost free
Nothing has been bought in cash. Everything is being paid on enormous credit only; and pakistan still keeps asking for another deals on big credit; not only our arms but also highway, subway, sea port; now pakistan is even asking chinese serial cash on credit; How about you and other pakistani learn stunning facts of the relationship between pakistan and china.Nothing has been bought for free. Everything is being paid for. How about you learn facts before spewing BS.