LeGenD
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Why missile defence shields are being developed then, if the strategy you mentioned is most effective?My logic is that, i have never ever use ICBM in my discussion as a viable nuke option, because it's not, it's just a weapon of mass murder, and an unreliable one. I am not sure about the reliability of Chinese ICBMs, but will just assume that the countermeasures to defeat an ICBM are plenty, because of the many stages of mechanical procedure an ICBM has to go through and it's reliance on satellites, why not just nuclear emp the area across space where the ICBM will have to pass through and disable it even before it's re-entry phase? That is just one possibility to deal with ICBM launches, but again as i mention this process will be a double edge sword in the end, both for the aggressor and the defender.
Point is that once the ICBMs will be launched, China would have very little time to think about countering the barrage and that too with its limited nuclear assets.
The most probable decision would be ensure that a few of its missiles somehow manage to hit USA mainland.