China ready to deploy its first mobile ICBMs

Washington Times ^ | 9/06/01 | Bill Gertz

[kattracks]

China will soon deploy its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles, a new long-range strategic weapon whose predicted range includes the western United States, The Washington Times has learned.

U.S. intelligence agencies detected the Chinese military's formation of the first missile units equipped with Dong Feng-31 missiles in July, and the Pentagon believes the first missiles will be fielded by the end of the year. Dong Feng means "East Wind" in Chinese.

[ChaseR]

"and this one have 14 missiles,(with w-88 warhead copy)."

ya got moment to elaborate on exactly what this W-88 warhead consists of? i'm sure any communist sympathizer's will be glad to hear all about it

[ChaseR]

Beijing’s destructive role in Cuba and Venezuela

[ChaseR]

"to prefer white-walled tires."

rofl

[BubbaZanetti]

Nothing for nothing, but giving the Chinese 43 million( or whatever it was) for causing them such an inconvenience for housing our airplane and our aircrew, doesn't send the signal that Bush means business.
Especially the namby-pamby apology we gave them.
The time to stand firm against China is now!

[backhoe]

The W88 Warhead
... In the fall of 1990 Congress directed that a study be done on W-88 safety due to
the use on non-insensitive high explosive. In December the study committee ...

Panel of Experts.W-88
Panel of Experts -- W-88. With respect to this second widely reported general and
specific allegation (p90) in the Cox Report of the "theft of design ...

C-SPAN: Report on Chinese Espionage
... warhead in the US intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal. Together, these include
the W-88 Trident D-5 thermonuclear warhead, and the W-56 Minuteman II ...

Trident II (USA) - D-5 - USNI Military Database
... a hard target kill capability. It is estimated that a D-5 W88 warhead has an 88%
probability of kill against a target hardened to 7,200 psi (506 kg/sq. cm). ...

Russia May Sell Nuke Subs to China [Free Republic]
... per warhead. The USA's W88 warhead carried by the Ohio class (D5 warhead - 2nd gen
Ohio's) ICBM submarines have a nominal yield of 475 kilotons ... 24 missiles ...

[ChaseR]

Thanks for those links...let me scour them now to find out how many independent nuclear warheads - the Chinese can slip into each missile. brb

[backhoe]

Let us know what you find.... my ( faulty ) memory is a normal payload of 8 X 150 Kt. warheads, that can be increased to at least 10 by reducing the yield a little.

Remember the pictures of what two crude 20Kt. did to Japan?

[Un-PC]

China continues to expand its nuclear arsenal, yet the present administration doggedly pre-occupies itself with "weapons of mass destruction" being developed by Iraq. Iraq poses no threat to the United States; China does. So why don't we impose no-fly zones over China? Why don't we implement a trade embargo?

The hypocrisy of the Bush administration's foreign policy is nauseating. We need new leadership in Washington, starting with a president who will show some backbone and fight for conservative principles.

Bush is solidifying his stature as a one-termer. Granting "guest worker" (delayed amnesty) status to 3 million illegal Mexicans is the final nail in the coffin.

[ChaseR]

soooooo....20 x 8 is the minimum - thought so!
THE DEMOCRATS ARE STILL LYING ABOUT CHINESE MISSILE CAPABILITY - LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT

[ChaseR]

"So why don't we impose no-fly zones over China?"

lol...because all of our communist sympathizers would be all upset..........

[Snow Bunny]

I agree ChaseR.... Lets set the record straight!

Thanks so much for the ping.

[Mudboy Slim]

She's ba-a-a-a-ack!! Where ya been, SB?!

FReegards...MUD

[Snow Bunny]

LOL...we had floors done in 5 rooms of our home. OH man let me tell you once they were done, it was like moving back in. We had to put the furniture back and empty all the boxes of stuff that was in and on all the furniture. ha ha haha...

I missed everyone soooooo much. But when I tried to post late at night from midnight till 3 am. it was just too much. No sleep and moving furntiure just did not work. LOL

Thanks Mudboy Slim. I sure missed everyone even though it was only 4 days it was a long time.

[ChaseR]

bttt

[Mudboy Slim]

Well, we certainly missed you, but it was a relatively slow Labor Day weekend around here anyway. We're about ready to pick up the pressure on T-Mac and Slick, though, so it's good ya got all that new floor bid'ness behind ya...we need all good patriots on deck and ready to rumble!!!

The Left shall wilt before our fury!!

FReegards...MUD

[caddie]

Hi, kat,

Don't forget the treasonous (or nit-witted, choose one) liberal American physicists who hire and train Chinese communist grad students and post-docs in cutting edge research, including weapons research, so they can go home and make weapons like these.

Smooth move, boneheads!

Your country is really grateful for your hard espionage (I mean work).

Idiots.

[Snow Bunny]

..."The Left shall wilt before our fury!!"..........

I LOVE this quote Mudboy Slim !

[ChaseR]

bttt

[ChaseR]

bttt

[Poohbah]

Except that securing those missiles in Panama would be a frickin' nightmare. Rule One: you do NOT take stupid chances with nuclear weapons security. Rule Two: if you are so foolish as to violate Rule One, someone WILL steal those nukes and use them against you.