Chinese ballistic missiles can target nearly the entirety of the US

[Hindustani78]

Chinese missiles can hit entirety of US - Business Insider

• Jeremy Bender

• May 11, 2015, 5:00 PM
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China now has dozens of nuclear-capable missiles that could target almost the entirety of the US, according to the Department of Defense's 2015 report on the Chinese military.

The annual report to Congress focuses on China's military modernization, possible invasion plans for the self-governing and US-allied island of Taiwan, advances in space technology, and Beijing's rapidly advancing missile capabilities.

China's conventional capabilities are improving. But Beijing also now has what could be considered the ultimate military asset for a rising superpower: the ability to deliver nuclear warheads nearly anywhere on earth (outside of South America, at least).

The following map from the report highlights the maximum missile ranges of China's medium and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The longest-ranging of the missiles, the CSS-4, can target almost the entirety of the US (except for Florida).

Screenshot/Department of Defense

The CSS-4 has the largest range of any Chinese ICBM. The missile is nuclear-capable, according to the DoD report, and is housed in silos across the Chinese countryside. Beijing is estimated to have between 50 and 60 silo-based ICBMs.

The DF-31A has the second-longest range of any Chinese missile. It is capable of hitting the majority of the US' Pacific coast in addition to portions of the mid-West. Unlike the CSS-4, the DF-31A is a road-mobile missile. This means Beijing can move the ICBM to various points throughout the country to better target various locations and avoid possible incoming strikes.

The DF-31, the CSS-3, and the CSS-5 are all also road-mobile and nuclear-capable. But unlike the CSS-4 or the DF-31A, these missiles are intended for regional deterrence against neighboring powers like Russia and India.

Unlike the other land-based missiles on the chart, the JL-2 is a sea-based nuclear-capable ballistic missile. According to the DoD, the JL-2 will be carried by China's future JIN-class ballistic missile submarine as a nuclear deterrent. So far China has commissioned four JIN-class submarines with a fifth one under construction. The Pentagon report expects the JIN to begin patrols in 2015.

Navy Office of Legislative AffairsA Chinese JIN-class submarine

The improvement in China's nuclear deterrent has been spurred by developments in countries that China might consider to be its strategic competitors.

China modernized its missile forces because of "continued advances in the US and, to a lesser extent, Russian strategic ISR [Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance], precision strike, and missile defense capabilities," the report notes.

Likewise, India's own nuclear force has put pressure on China to continuously update and better its own capabilities.

 

[70U63]

Not sure what's the point of this article (agenda behind it ).
I believe everyone in the forum already knew this (Chinese ICBM capability).

 

[Hindustani78]

Not sure what's the point of this article (agenda behind it ).
I believe everyone in the forum already knew this (Chinese ICBM capability).

The tensions in Asia Pacific are clearly visible. Submarine test by North Korea and the recent satellite pictures of the South China Sea Islands.

South Korea will get THAAD system.

 

[CCP]

South Korea will get THAAD system.

Yes, in your dream.

Or tell us when? in this year ? next year?

 

[Aepsilons]

Chinese missiles can hit entirety of US - Business Insider

• Jeremy Bender

• May 11, 2015, 5:00 PM
• 3,927

China now has dozens of nuclear-capable missiles that could target almost the entirety of the US, according to the Department of Defense's 2015 report on the Chinese military.

The annual report to Congress focuses on China's military modernization, possible invasion plans for the self-governing and US-allied island of Taiwan, advances in space technology, and Beijing's rapidly advancing missile capabilities.

China's conventional capabilities are improving. But Beijing also now has what could be considered the ultimate military asset for a rising superpower: the ability to deliver nuclear warheads nearly anywhere on earth (outside of South America, at least).

The following map from the report highlights the maximum missile ranges of China's medium and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The longest-ranging of the missiles, the CSS-4, can target almost the entirety of the US (except for Florida).

Screenshot/Department of Defense

The CSS-4 has the largest range of any Chinese ICBM. The missile is nuclear-capable, according to the DoD report, and is housed in silos across the Chinese countryside. Beijing is estimated to have between 50 and 60 silo-based ICBMs.

The DF-31A has the second-longest range of any Chinese missile. It is capable of hitting the majority of the US' Pacific coast in addition to portions of the mid-West. Unlike the CSS-4, the DF-31A is a road-mobile missile. This means Beijing can move the ICBM to various points throughout the country to better target various locations and avoid possible incoming strikes.

The DF-31, the CSS-3, and the CSS-5 are all also road-mobile and nuclear-capable. But unlike the CSS-4 or the DF-31A, these missiles are intended for regional deterrence against neighboring powers like Russia and India.

Unlike the other land-based missiles on the chart, the JL-2 is a sea-based nuclear-capable ballistic missile. According to the DoD, the JL-2 will be carried by China's future JIN-class ballistic missile submarine as a nuclear deterrent. So far China has commissioned four JIN-class submarines with a fifth one under construction. The Pentagon report expects the JIN to begin patrols in 2015.

Navy Office of Legislative AffairsA Chinese JIN-class submarine

The improvement in China's nuclear deterrent has been spurred by developments in countries that China might consider to be its strategic competitors.

China modernized its missile forces because of "continued advances in the US and, to a lesser extent, Russian strategic ISR [Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance], precision strike, and missile defense capabilities," the report notes.

Likewise, India's own nuclear force has put pressure on China to continuously update and better its own capabilities.

Chinese missiles can hit entirety of US - Business Insider

• Jeremy Bender

• May 11, 2015, 5:00 PM
• 3,927

China now has dozens of nuclear-capable missiles that could target almost the entirety of the US, according to the Department of Defense's 2015 report on the Chinese military.

The annual report to Congress focuses on China's military modernization, possible invasion plans for the self-governing and US-allied island of Taiwan, advances in space technology, and Beijing's rapidly advancing missile capabilities.

China's conventional capabilities are improving. But Beijing also now has what could be considered the ultimate military asset for a rising superpower: the ability to deliver nuclear warheads nearly anywhere on earth (outside of South America, at least).

The following map from the report highlights the maximum missile ranges of China's medium and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The longest-ranging of the missiles, the CSS-4, can target almost the entirety of the US (except for Florida).

Screenshot/Department of Defense

The CSS-4 has the largest range of any Chinese ICBM. The missile is nuclear-capable, according to the DoD report, and is housed in silos across the Chinese countryside. Beijing is estimated to have between 50 and 60 silo-based ICBMs.

The DF-31A has the second-longest range of any Chinese missile. It is capable of hitting the majority of the US' Pacific coast in addition to portions of the mid-West. Unlike the CSS-4, the DF-31A is a road-mobile missile. This means Beijing can move the ICBM to various points throughout the country to better target various locations and avoid possible incoming strikes.

The DF-31, the CSS-3, and the CSS-5 are all also road-mobile and nuclear-capable. But unlike the CSS-4 or the DF-31A, these missiles are intended for regional deterrence against neighboring powers like Russia and India.

Unlike the other land-based missiles on the chart, the JL-2 is a sea-based nuclear-capable ballistic missile. According to the DoD, the JL-2 will be carried by China's future JIN-class ballistic missile submarine as a nuclear deterrent. So far China has commissioned four JIN-class submarines with a fifth one under construction. The Pentagon report expects the JIN to begin patrols in 2015.

Navy Office of Legislative AffairsA Chinese JIN-class submarine

The improvement in China's nuclear deterrent has been spurred by developments in countries that China might consider to be its strategic competitors.

China modernized its missile forces because of "continued advances in the US and, to a lesser extent, Russian strategic ISR [Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance], precision strike, and missile defense capabilities," the report notes.

Likewise, India's own nuclear force has put pressure on China to continuously update and better its own capabilities.

The Americans have enough nuclear warheads to glass this entire planet ten times over. If a particular country were to launch a missile at US strategic interests, the United States' response would , most probably -- most likely, lead to the total extermination of said country.

Afterall, the United States does not deny having up to 7,700 nuclear warheads.

 

[CCP]

LOL, that means China builds only 5 warhead per year. Those warheads must be too expensive to build.

Westerner and Japanese will very like to believe it.

 

[Hindustani78]

Yes, in your dream.

Or tell us when? in this year ? next year?

South Korea will go ahead with THAAD system

Save Our Seoul: South Korea Needs THAAD ASAP « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary
WASHINGTON: North Korea can’t nuke the US, not yet. But boy dictator Kim Jong-un already has about a thousand ballistic missiles capable of reaching South Korea and, in some cases, Japan. Most are Scud-like weapons with conventional explosives but a few might be nuclear-tipped. Against a large-scale launch, former Pentagon strategist Van Jackson said this morning, the missile defenses on the peninsula are “woefully outgunned.” In that scenario, the current combination of Army Patriot launchers and Navy Aegis ships couldn’t defend our own bases, let alone our allies’ cities.

As North Korea’s arsenal grows, said Jackson, “we’re kind of inching our way towards crisis and nobody’s doing anything to stop it.”

That’s why we must build up missile defenses in South Korea, said Jackson, State Department veteran Joel Wit, and Aerospace Corporation scientist John Schilling at a 38 North press breakfast this morning and in follow-ups with Breaking Defense. Step one, Jackson said: Deploy a THAAD battery, which brings longer-range radar and interceptors than the Patriots. In longer run, the three experts added, laser weapons and rail guns might fill a valuable niche role — but only a niche. (More on that tomorrow).

Just the idea of deploying THAAD is already controversial in South Korea and outright condemned by China, admitted Jackson, now a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. But having just come from the Asan Plenum in Seoul — a gathering considered “the Davos of Korea” — Jackson said the politics of THAAD are shifting.

“The Koreans are much more favorable about THAAD,” he said, “than they were six months ago.” That’s not because of any brilliant strategy on America’s part — the US hasn’t even made an official proposal to deploy new missile defense, he said — but because of “heavy-handedness” on the part of the Chinese. In a twist that must make Sun Tzu spin in his grave, China has lobbied South Korea so hard against the THAAD deployment that Koreans, as a backlash, are now more in favor of it.

Even so, said Jackson, “I wouldn’t anticipate South Korea asking for a deployment of THAAD without some kind of precipitating event, [such as] maybe a fourth nuclear test” by the North. Of course, if there’s one thing we can count on in the unpredictable peninsula, it’s that Pyongyang will do something provocative, given time.

But might Pyongyang and Beijing seen a THAAD deployment as provocative itself? Might it raise the risk of a regional arms race, asked an Arms Control Association staffer in the audience, by causing China and Russia to invest in new ways to overcome US-made missile defenses?

“This stuff is already happening,” said Jackson, pointing to Chinese and Russian research into such things as hypersonic weapons. Both countries are already basing their military investments on the possibility of conflict with the West: Strengthening missile defenses in Korea will do little to change that calculus.

 

[CCP]

South Korea will go ahead with THAAD system

Can you tell me when? this year? next year? 2 years after?

 

[Aepsilons]

South Korea will go ahead with THAAD system

Save Our Seoul: South Korea Needs THAAD ASAP « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary
WASHINGTON: North Korea can’t nuke the US, not yet. But boy dictator Kim Jong-un already has about a thousand ballistic missiles capable of reaching South Korea and, in some cases, Japan. Most are Scud-like weapons with conventional explosives but a few might be nuclear-tipped. Against a large-scale launch, former Pentagon strategist Van Jackson said this morning, the missile defenses on the peninsula are “woefully outgunned.” In that scenario, the current combination of Army Patriot launchers and Navy Aegis ships couldn’t defend our own bases, let alone our allies’ cities.

As North Korea’s arsenal grows, said Jackson, “we’re kind of inching our way towards crisis and nobody’s doing anything to stop it.”

That’s why we must build up missile defenses in South Korea, said Jackson, State Department veteran Joel Wit, and Aerospace Corporation scientist John Schilling at a 38 North press breakfast this morning and in follow-ups with Breaking Defense. Step one, Jackson said: Deploy a THAAD battery, which brings longer-range radar and interceptors than the Patriots. In longer run, the three experts added, laser weapons and rail guns might fill a valuable niche role — but only a niche. (More on that tomorrow).

Just the idea of deploying THAAD is already controversial in South Korea and outright condemned by China, admitted Jackson, now a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. But having just come from the Asan Plenum in Seoul — a gathering considered “the Davos of Korea” — Jackson said the politics of THAAD are shifting.

“The Koreans are much more favorable about THAAD,” he said, “than they were six months ago.” That’s not because of any brilliant strategy on America’s part — the US hasn’t even made an official proposal to deploy new missile defense, he said — but because of “heavy-handedness” on the part of the Chinese. In a twist that must make Sun Tzu spin in his grave, China has lobbied South Korea so hard against the THAAD deployment that Koreans, as a backlash, are now more in favor of it.

Even so, said Jackson, “I wouldn’t anticipate South Korea asking for a deployment of THAAD without some kind of precipitating event, [such as] maybe a fourth nuclear test” by the North. Of course, if there’s one thing we can count on in the unpredictable peninsula, it’s that Pyongyang will do something provocative, given time.

But might Pyongyang and Beijing seen a THAAD deployment as provocative itself? Might it raise the risk of a regional arms race, asked an Arms Control Association staffer in the audience, by causing China and Russia to invest in new ways to overcome US-made missile defenses?

“This stuff is already happening,” said Jackson, pointing to Chinese and Russian research into such things as hypersonic weapons. Both countries are already basing their military investments on the possibility of conflict with the West: Strengthening missile defenses in Korea will do little to change that calculus.

With an accuracy rate of 100%, these THAAD systems will provide the American + Korean military forces the platform to intercept any hostile nuclear threat in the region. Literally de-spearing said powe.


Perhaps South Korea can purchase 20 THAAD batteries (perhaps a bit excessive for the North Korean threat, but enough to negate any other peripheral threats). And if the US deploys say...10 THAAD batteries, that would lead to a total number of 30 THAAD batteries. lol.

 

[CCP]

With an accuracy rate of 100%, these THAAD systems will provide the American + Korean military forces the platform to intercept any hostile nuclear threat in the region. Literally de-spearing said powe.


Perhaps South Korea can purchase 20 THAAD batteries (perhaps a bit excessive for the North Korean threat, but enough to negate any other peripheral threats). And if the US deploys say...10 THAAD batteries, that would lead to a total number of 30 THAAD batteries. lol.

When?

 

[Aepsilons]

 

[Hindustani78]

The Americans have enough nuclear warheads to glass this entire planet ten times over. If a particular country were to launch a missile at US strategic interests, the United States' response would , most probably -- most likely, lead to the total extermination of said country.

Afterall, the United States does not deny having up to 7,700 nuclear warheads.

If Chinese missiles can target United States then it means South Korea and Japan both need Missile shield System as a cover. South Korea and Japan are under United States Nuclear Umbrella but they need to put the Missile defense Shield components.

Prospect of THAAD missile system spawns uneasiness in Korea - Pacific - Stripes
South Korean officials have declined to discuss THAAD, publicly maintaining that the U.S. has not formally asked them to deploy the system.

Multiple military and foreign ministry officials who spoke with Stars and Stripes on Tuesday denied a media report, citing an anonymous military source, saying a deal had been struck to deploy the anti-missile systems in the event of a crisis.

 

[Aepsilons]

Not sure what's the point of this article (agenda behind it ).
I believe everyone in the forum already knew this (Chinese ICBM capability).

Let's not underestimate the South Korean + American Strategic Bond

 

[CCP]

more patrol ships coming

The Americans have enough nuclear warheads to glass this entire planet ten times over. If a particular country were to launch a missile at US strategic interests, the United States' response would , most probably -- most likely, lead to the total extermination of said country.

That is not logical, if China nuke Japan. Then US will nuke China?
What is the cost and benefit for US?

Nuke China--> China will nuke back --->US has nothing left
Don't nuke China---> US lose Japan (they must have something left)

If you are US , this is a easy math.

 

[Aepsilons]

If Chinese missiles can target United States then it means South Korea and Japan both need Missile shield System as a cover. South Korea and Japan are under United States Nuclear Umbrella but they need to put the Missile defense Shield components.

Prospect of THAAD missile system spawns uneasiness in Korea - Pacific - Stripes
South Korean officials have declined to discuss THAAD, publicly maintaining that the U.S. has not formally asked them to deploy the system.

Multiple military and foreign ministry officials who spoke with Stars and Stripes on Tuesday denied a media report, citing an anonymous military source, saying a deal had been struck to deploy the anti-missile systems in the event of a crisis.

Japan's already has the SM3 blocks on our Kongo and Atago Class ships, with PAC-3s dispersed throughout Japan.

South Korea needs to deploy at least , in my opinion, 20 THAAD batteries. The more the better.