True, however the problem with Chinese ICBM’s is that THEY have MIRV’s. From a quick search I see that Our Trident III ICBM’s can carry 12 Independent Warheads so that means the important thing is to stop the ICBM in the ascent stage of flight before it can begin the deployment of the Warheads. I’m not sure about the Chinese capabilities so I’ll PING the best I know here on FR for more info.
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All should be conscious of or remember that Bill Clinton sold the MIRV technology to China. He claimed it was so they could better launch our satellites for us.
The boost phase to the release of the Reentry Vehicles, RVs, is a relatively short time and ends in ten minutes or less.
The flight profile of an ICBM last around 30 minutes so the entire powered and steered phase is one third (or less) of the flight and it is all contained within the ascent phase of the flight profile.
Destroying an ICBM containing MIRVs is basically impossible with our current technology. We have to focus on exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric intercepts, which means we must have many more missiles to deal with the individual RVs.
I guarantee people have been working for many years on figuring out how to stop ICBMs during boost phase but we are not yet there.