CHINA: China Announces Deployment of New Nuclear ICBM
From Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics: “In a rare move, China has publicly announced the deployment of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The Dong Feng ("East Wind") -41 missile, or DF-41, can carry up to a dozen nuclear warheads and China claims it has the longest range of any nuclear missile in the world. The announcement of the missiles is likely a warning to U.S. President Donald Trump, who is known for sharply worded anti-Chinese rhetoric and has announced plans for a new ballistic missile system.”
From Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics: “In a rare move, China has publicly announced the deployment of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The Dong Feng ("East Wind") -41 missile, or DF-41, can carry up to a dozen nuclear warheads and China claims it has the longest range of any nuclear missile in the world. The announcement of the missiles is likely a warning to U.S. President Donald Trump, who is known for sharply worded anti-Chinese rhetoric and has announced plans for a new ballistic missile system.”
Roger Burg writes: The increasingly unstable global security environment calls for the United State’s leaders to have the most flexible and capable nuclear deterrent force possible, which the nation cannot have without a modern ICBM force. Extensive nuclear modernization programs under way by potential adversary nations require US recapitalization to avoid a serious erosion of American nuclear deterrent capability. Failing to invest in a recapitalization of the nuclear deterrent, especially in the ICBM force, will merely clear a path to obsolescence and eventual dissolution. – Breaking Defense
The unshakeable reliability of Britain’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent has been called into question after a Trident II D5 ballistic missile reportedly veered off course during a test last year. – USNI News
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