Nuclear Weapons for War Soon? Is China Working on Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missiles?

The nuclear initiative of China long predates the invasion of Russia to Ukraine, although the United States' wariness about getting involved directly in the war there has possibly reinforced the decision to put greater emphasis on inventing nuclear weapons as a deterrent, some the people claim.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese leaders see a stronger nuclear arsenal as a way to deter the US from acquiring directly involved in a potential conflict over Taiwan.

The American government and the private sector puts the nuclear arsenal of China in the low hundreds of warheads, far under the approximately 4,000 warheads held by both the US and Russia. According to the Pentagon, it is now expecting China to have a thousand warheads by the end of this decade.

Temporary Covers of Missile Silos

Satellite images captured in January reveal the last 45 of the temporary covers over each of the 120 suspected missile silos close to the city of Yemen have been taken out, suggesting the most sensitive work at all of the silos has been accomplished, explained senior research matt Korda, for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington.

Meanwhile, at two other smaller silo fields in western China, work is in the initial stages. According to analysts, each of the sites' silos is large enough for a long-range Chinese missile called DF-41, which would be put into service in 2020 and has the capability of hitting the US mainland.

The missiles tests that are launched from aircraft and can carry nuclear warheads also offer Beijing a more substantial chance to have the ability to retaliate if it is first hit in a nuclear attack, a similar Democratic Underground report specified.

"Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile"

In October 2021, CNN reported that China denied a report that tested a "nuclear-capable hypersonic missile" earlier the same year, saying the test was instead a routine spacecraft experiment.

Meanwhile, according to a financial report, China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the world before speeding toward its target, showing an advanced space capability "that caused the US intelligence by surprise.

When asked about the report, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the August test was not a missile, but a spacecraft, instead.

He elaborated that this test was a routine spacecraft experiment to validate the reusable technology of spacecraft, which is of great importance for reducing the cost of spacecraft use.

It can also offer humans a convenient and low-cost way to use space peacefully. A lot of firms in the world have performed similar experiments.

Also, according to Lijian, what separated from the spacecraft before its return was the supporting equipment, the spacecraft, which was burned and disintegrated to fall into the atmosphere. It also landed on the high seas. He added in the same 2021 report that China would work together with other nations to benefit mankind in the "peaceful use of space."

Related information about the nuclear war between the US and China is shown on Binkov's Battlegrounds' YouTube video below:

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