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China unveils 19,030mph hypersonic scattergun nuke to strike anywhere in the world
Daily Star ^ | November 23, 2017 | Henry Holloway

Posted on 11/23/2017 5:26:37 PM PST by plain talk

The Dongfeng-41 will be capable of hypersonic speeds up to Mach 25 and has been in development for more than 30 years.

Chinese scientists have tested the weapon eight times since 2012 – and carried out their most recent tests deep in the desert earlier this month.

State media reports the missile is due to enter the arsenal of the People’s Liberation Army in early 2018.

Carrying 10 nuclear warheads, the weapon is believed to be 33 tons and approximately 15 metres long.

China’s state-owned newspaper The Global Times claims the weapon will be able to strike “anywhere in the world”.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 11/23/2017 5:26:37 PM PST by plain talk
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To: plain talk

Where do I get My Norinco Donfeng 41?


2 posted on 11/23/2017 5:32:47 PM PST by mylife (The roar oOKf the masses could be farts)
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To: plain talk

Happy Thanksgiving.


3 posted on 11/23/2017 5:32:51 PM PST by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. I have been a DOS / PC guy forever and always e)
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To: plain talk

Thanks to Clinton and Obama we are sitting here with our pants down. By squeezing the budget on missile defense for a number of years we are very vulnerable to nuclear attack from adversaries and kooks.


4 posted on 11/23/2017 5:34:51 PM PST by Kahuna
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To: Kahuna

We got plenty of stuff and the Chinese have been stealing it forever


5 posted on 11/23/2017 5:44:52 PM PST by mylife (The roar oOKf the masses could be farts)
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To: plain talk

– and carried out their most recent tests deep in the desert earlier this month.

I conduct all my hypersonic tests deep in the ground, that's where they work best, don't you know.


6 posted on 11/23/2017 5:52:17 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: 867V309

Yer a regular Ghengis Kahn


7 posted on 11/23/2017 5:56:39 PM PST by mylife (The roar oOKf the masses could be farts)
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To: plain talk

The speed of an object in close Earth orbit is about Mach 23 so it’s really nothing new.


8 posted on 11/23/2017 6:06:23 PM PST by Nateman (The louder the left screams , the better it is for America!)
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To: plain talk

19,030 mph = 27,910 Feet per Second. Not sure I’m buying this. I’d think a 33 ton projectile would self destruct at this speed.


9 posted on 11/23/2017 6:12:31 PM PST by umgud
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To: plain talk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5103611/Mysterious-booms-heard-64-times-2017.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_J-20

Mysterious booms heard here and there, hypersonic fighter planes from China, hypersonic missiles from China, stealth planes from China...


10 posted on 11/23/2017 6:13:33 PM PST by DBrow
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To: plain talk

“If those days had not been cut short. No one would have survived”.


11 posted on 11/23/2017 6:14:41 PM PST by Revel
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To: mylife

Maybe Amazon Prime can deliver it ‘Same-Day’.


12 posted on 11/23/2017 6:22:33 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: mylife

According to USAToday, it is available as an accessory to the AR-15 “machine gun.”


13 posted on 11/23/2017 6:31:38 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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To: plain talk

Reversed engineering of techknowlogies stolen from the USA, given to the Chinese by the Clintons or all just a lie.

The USA will reveal that they have counter technology to stop it.

Lasers and light is still faster than 19,000 miles an hour.


14 posted on 11/23/2017 6:32:09 PM PST by American Constitutionalist (Trump is the pawn and creation of the Media and Political Establishment)
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To: mylife

People ask me why I buy real Springfields, and this is why.

I won’t support commie bastards.

It’s only a matter of time until they think they can do it, then they’ll try.


15 posted on 11/23/2017 6:40:02 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: plain talk; All

The LGM-30 Minuteman III was designed in the 50’s and deployed in the 60’s.

It has a range of 9,000 miles and can lay it’s warheads within a 100 meter Circular Error of Probability.

It’s warheads travel at a mere Mach 23.

And we have 500 of them, proven, ready to go at a moments notice. They are certain to deliver.

The Trident D5 also has a 9,000 mile range and travels at a mere Mach 24.

It carries 12 MIRV’d warheads with a CEP of <90 meters.

Every Trident boat carries 24 of them, and we ALWAYS have one within 1,000 miles of Beijing. Ready to go.

The US has 1,500 Strategic Nukes “on call” for launch within 5 minutes. All of them can hit within 100 meters of their designated target. And they are all proven to work. Flawlessly.

We also have a C3 infrastructure that can give the order even after being hit by nukes.

The entire Strategic Nuclear Force is capable of, due to accuracy and certain delivery, of Nuclear Counter Force.

China is at least 50 years behind that curve.


16 posted on 11/23/2017 6:43:22 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Nateman

“The speed of an object in close Earth orbit is about Mach 23 so it’s really nothing new.”

See my #16


17 posted on 11/23/2017 6:45:38 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Kahuna

“Thanks to Clinton and Obama we are sitting here with our pants down.”

You require additional studies.

See my #16.


18 posted on 11/23/2017 6:46:35 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: umgud

Hypersonic missiles may just be a mirage. The USAF has been playing with these things for some time. We’ve learned that it’s very difficult to do; flight duration is very brief; and if they get the least bit out-of-shape aerodynamically they break up. Yet we’re supposed to believe that all our potential opponents possess operational hypersonic missiles, and we don’t. Sorry, I call B.S.


19 posted on 11/23/2017 6:50:32 PM PST by Tallguy (Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
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To: plain talk

your trade deficit dollars to China at work


20 posted on 11/23/2017 6:56:07 PM PST by 1956tbyrd
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