Posted on 09/02/2020 1:40:27 PM PDT by ransomnote
Over the next 10 years, it's expected China will double the number of nuclear warheads it possesses, while embarking on an effort to expand the ways it can deploy its nuclear capability, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Chad L. Sbragia said at the American Enterprise Institute.
He discussed findings of a just-released Defense Department report, "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China — 2020."
"The report does contend that there are currently an estimated low-200s in terms of warhead stockpiles, and it's projected to at least double in size over the next decade as China expands and modernizes its nuclear forces," Sbragia said.
But equally as important is how China would be able to deliver those warheads. It intends to develop a "nuclear triad" similar to the one the U.S. has and is currently working to modernize.
"The report [also] notes that China is expanding, modernizing and diversifying its nuclear forces across the board," Sbragia said. "Just looking at the number of warheads by itself is not the entire picture, or doesn't paint a holistic understanding of where the Chinese are or where they want to go."
A nuclear triad, as it exists in the U.S., allows for land-based missile delivery, sea-based delivery from submarines and air-based delivery with bombers.
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The Obamas, Clintons, Bidens et al can’t hear you over the sound of how rich they got off these deals.
Just curiosity, can someone help a landlubber out with what kind of ship that is?
It’s got radar obviously and some tall thingies that must be for something, but is it a combatant ship?
Don’t see no missiles, etc.
Just axin’. One can believe the gist of the article, that the ChiComs are finally putting into production all the cool technology they bought from the Clintons.
And?
Remind me again of how many nukes we have, Russia have, and how many both ha during the Cold War?
I can’t stand China, don’t get me wrong, but this is psy op level shit by the military industrial complex for more money, you know, so as to keep pace with China, etc., etc., etc.
The USA can evaporate any country on the planet in minutes. The problem is that America is evaporating by 1000 cuts.
It looks like a supply ship
Thanks. That’s kinda what I was thinking, but I’m not a sailor.
I mean, it’s kinda obvious even to me that it isn’t a combatant ship. Not the best stock photo to choose for an article about the ChiComs building up their navy.
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