Peaceful Rise. Notice how those who were mocking concern of China seem to have disappeared?Likely already has passed Russia's in terms of actually deployed.
China State Media Pushes for Nuclear Weapons Buildup
Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, denied China could surpass Russia's nuclear arsenal and accused the U.S. of attempting to restrain China.www.newsweek.com
I'm sure the Biden Administration will take into account Russia and China's vast modernization and and expansion of their nuclear forces. No, really.Anticipating the Biden Nuclear Posture Review
Introduction For several decades, each new President has seen fit to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. nuclear policies, posture, and programs early in his first term. Mr. Biden’s Nuclwww.realcleardefense.com
I'm sure the Biden Administration will take into account Russia and China's vast modernization and and expansion of their nuclear forces. No, really.Anticipating the Biden Nuclear Posture Review
Introduction For several decades, each new President has seen fit to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. nuclear policies, posture, and programs early in his first term. Mr. Biden’s Nucl
Really? Zircon, Oniks, P-700, and Kinzhal are touted as nuclear capable. Then there is Status-6 and their new nuclear powered cruise missile. SARMAT will be more capable than the R-36M. They're building new Blackjack bombers, working on a new stealth bomber, etc. etc.I'm sure the Biden Administration will take into account Russia and China's vast modernization and and expansion of their nuclear forces. No, really.Anticipating the Biden Nuclear Posture Review
Introduction For several decades, each new President has seen fit to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. nuclear policies, posture, and programs early in his first term. Mr. Biden’s Nucl
How is Russia "expanding" its nuclear forces?
Really? Zircon, Oniks, P-700, and Kinzhal are touted as nuclear capable. Then there is Status-6 and their new nuclear powered cruise missile. SARMAT will be more capable than the R-36M. They're building new Blackjack bombers, working on a new stealth bomber, etc. etc.I'm sure the Biden Administration will take into account Russia and China's vast modernization and and expansion of their nuclear forces. No, really.Anticipating the Biden Nuclear Posture Review
Introduction For several decades, each new President has seen fit to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. nuclear policies, posture, and programs early in his first term. Mr. Biden’s Nucl
How is Russia "expanding" its nuclear forces?
Yeah, none of this changes the fact that they're adding new nuclear capable systems.Really? Zircon, Oniks, P-700, and Kinzhal are touted as nuclear capable. Then there is Status-6 and their new nuclear powered cruise missile. SARMAT will be more capable than the R-36M. They're building new Blackjack bombers, working on a new stealth bomber, etc. etc.I'm sure the Biden Administration will take into account Russia and China's vast modernization and and expansion of their nuclear forces. No, really.Anticipating the Biden Nuclear Posture Review
Introduction For several decades, each new President has seen fit to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. nuclear policies, posture, and programs early in his first term. Mr. Biden’s Nucl
How is Russia "expanding" its nuclear forces?
None of that is expansion. Russian and Soviet AShMs were nuclear capable before, and quite frankly there were a lot more of them 25 years ago.
Bombers? Seriously? The Russian fleet size has been flat for a while now after big decline post 1991. Tu-160 production is very limited in air-frames/year. B-21 will be produced faster than PAK-DA and Tu-160 combined probably, so this is a weird angle to take in terms of Russia increasing stockpile relative to the US.
Fleet might even shrink with attrition on Tu-22M3s and Tu-95 front, and modernization on those is slooowwww.
Burevestnik so far has blown up a few times and done little else.
Status-6 is indeed a new "approach", but I doubt it will effect total numbers deployed to any serious degree (I'd assume it will be counted as part of deployed strategic warheads allowed)...and not to mention it is a direct response to Russian concerns about US ABM activity over the years. Hint, increasing the US nuclear strategic arsenal won't change anything about Status deployment.
Yeah, none of this changes the fact that they're adding new nuclear capable systems.Really? Zircon, Oniks, P-700, and Kinzhal are touted as nuclear capable. Then there is Status-6 and their new nuclear powered cruise missile. SARMAT will be more capable than the R-36M. They're building new Blackjack bombers, working on a new stealth bomber, etc. etc.I'm sure the Biden Administration will take into account Russia and China's vast modernization and and expansion of their nuclear forces. No, really.Anticipating the Biden Nuclear Posture Review
Introduction For several decades, each new President has seen fit to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. nuclear policies, posture, and programs early in his first term. Mr. Biden’s Nucl
How is Russia "expanding" its nuclear forces?
None of that is expansion. Russian and Soviet AShMs were nuclear capable before, and quite frankly there were a lot more of them 25 years ago.
Bombers? Seriously? The Russian fleet size has been flat for a while now after big decline post 1991. Tu-160 production is very limited in air-frames/year. B-21 will be produced faster than PAK-DA and Tu-160 combined probably, so this is a weird angle to take in terms of Russia increasing stockpile relative to the US.
Fleet might even shrink with attrition on Tu-22M3s and Tu-95 front, and modernization on those is slooowwww.
Burevestnik so far has blown up a few times and done little else.
Status-6 is indeed a new "approach", but I doubt it will effect total numbers deployed to any serious degree (I'd assume it will be counted as part of deployed strategic warheads allowed)...and not to mention it is a direct response to Russian concerns about US ABM activity over the years. Hint, increasing the US nuclear strategic arsenal won't change anything about Status deployment.
Really? What's Kinzhal replaceing? What's Status-6 replacing? SARMAT will carry more warheads than R-36. What's the nuclear cruise missile replacing? Oniks is replacing P-700 allowing a greater number on the same platform. The US retired ALL tactical nuclear weapons aside from the B61. Not so Russia. Any of this registering?
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aw shiz..... here we go again.....Not necessarily nuclear, but I believe it is still related to the topic:
Everything We Know About North Korea’s New “Strategic” Cruise Missile Test
A nuclear-armed cruise missile could significantly enhance the credibility of North Korea’s nuclear deterrent.
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I doubt the South is trying develop nuclear weapons (if they are, they're doing a damn good job at hiding their development). I say this mainly because it would probably cause problems with their closest military allies, like the US and Japan, as well probably causing an escalation of the ongoing arms race on the Korean Peninsula and sparking international condemnation, and probably causing protests around the world, giving them a bad image, something that I doubt they'd wish for. It is theorised that their ballistic missiles are aimed for precision strike of high value targets, such as radar and missile sites, airfield and even individuals.
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could it be possible for either russia north korea or china to disguise a civilian merchant/freight ship and have ballistic missiles close enough to washington DC without our knowledge??I doubt the South is trying develop nuclear weapons (if they are, they're doing a damn good job at hiding their development). I say this mainly because it would probably cause problems with their closest military allies, like the US and Japan, as well probably causing an escalation of the ongoing arms race on the Korean Peninsula and sparking international condemnation, and probably causing protests around the world, giving them a bad image, something that I doubt they'd wish for. It is theorised that their ballistic missiles are aimed for precision strike of high value targets, such as radar and missile sites, airfield and even individuals.
A few more articles about the North and South Korean tests:
North and south Korea test-fire ballistic missiles on the same day
Arms race hots up
South Korea Tests Four New Missiles After North Korean Launches
A “high-power” ballistic missile and a supersonic cruise missile are among new developments revealed in the latest round of Korean saber-rattling.
North Korea Is Now Launching Ballistic Missiles From Trains And That's A Big Deal (Updated)
Rail-mobile missiles offer North Korea a relatively low-cost way to rapidly disperse weapons while also making them very hard to target.
I guess, but that's both illegal, dangerous, and they have nuclear submarines which do the job already, in even more stealth.
could it be possible for either russia north korea or china to disguise a civilian merchant/freight ship and have ballistic missiles close enough to washington DC without our knowledge??I doubt the South is trying develop nuclear weapons (if they are, they're doing a damn good job at hiding their development). I say this mainly because it would probably cause problems with their closest military allies, like the US and Japan, as well probably causing an escalation of the ongoing arms race on the Korean Peninsula and sparking international condemnation, and probably causing protests around the world, giving them a bad image, something that I doubt they'd wish for. It is theorised that their ballistic missiles are aimed for precision strike of high value targets, such as radar and missile sites, airfield and even individuals.
A few more articles about the North and South Korean tests:
North and south Korea test-fire ballistic missiles on the same day
Arms race hots up
South Korea Tests Four New Missiles After North Korean Launches
A “high-power” ballistic missile and a supersonic cruise missile are among new developments revealed in the latest round of Korean saber-rattling.
North Korea Is Now Launching Ballistic Missiles From Trains And That's A Big Deal (Updated)
Rail-mobile missiles offer North Korea a relatively low-cost way to rapidly disperse weapons while also making them very hard to target.
That's some spicy newsColor me surprisedSurvey Finds Overwhelming Public Support for Spending on Nuclear Deterrence
Survey Finds Overwhelming Public Support for Spending on Nuclear Deterrencewww.nationaldefensemagazine.org
Yeah, but a nuclear sub would have the same effect, but also be more stealthy. It would be rather suspicious to see a container ship with missile silos on it, whereas you can't even see the submarine, because it's submerged.
Except you wouldn't see a container ship with missile silos. You'd see a container ship with containers. Thousands of standard ones and maybe one or two "imposters". The shipping line might not even be aware the containers are on their ship. Make it so your container can receive satellite communications, and ensure it gets loaded on the top level. As soon as GPS tells the container it's reached launch range, away they go. Maybe one doesn't launch and just nukes the container ship to destroy evidence and witnesses.
I'm not surprised. Even peacenik hippies are buying shotguns nowadays. Idealism doesn't account for a nature red in tooth and claw, after all.Color me surprisedSurvey Finds Overwhelming Public Support for Spending on Nuclear Deterrence
Survey Finds Overwhelming Public Support for Spending on Nuclear Deterrence
