Crossposted at DefenseTech.org as “Eyeing China’s Missileers.” ITAR TASS reports that China test fired a DF-31 ICBM from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center: China has carried out a regular test launch of a Dongfeng-31 intercontinental ballistic missile. Itar-Tass was told…
Cool huh? All things considered—access control, double perimeter, revetted buildings—that looks a lot like nuclear weapons storage to me. I’ve oft noted that the intelligence community believes the Chinese keep their warheads stored seperately from their ballistic missiles. A declassified…
I was pleased to be quoted in a recent edition of The Economist (“Out of their silos,” June 8, 2006) saying “Chinese leaders are less worried about a pre-emptive strike by the Americans than about an accidental or unauthorised launch…
How did I miss the brilliantly funny and insightful China Matters blog? (Hat tip, Arm Chair Generalist). Here is just a sampling: “The alarmist high estimate of China’s actual military spending, which attracted some notice, is so risible piece of…
The 2006 edition of Chinese Military Power devotes an entire box to the question of whether China will maintain its pledge “not be the first to use nuclear weapons at any time or under any circumstances.” The box cites three…
A lot of hullaballoo about Australia’s agreement to sell uranium to China. The Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office has everything you wanted to know about the deal, including the Transfer of Nuclear Material Agreement, Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear…
Some of you may remember that, over my summer vacation, I visited the first Chinese nuclear weapons design base, in Qinghai Province. (See What I Did Over Summer Vacation: China’s Los Alamos July 6, 2005). A loyal reader notes that…
Click here for a GoogleEarth placemark. Tom Cochran, Matt McKinzie, Stan Norris, Laura Harrison and Hans Kristensen have a cool article, China’s Nuclear Forces: The World’s First Look at China’s Underground Facilities for Nuclear Warheads, in Imaging Notes. The images,…
Note: My Iran posts, the second of which will appear later today, are being crossposted at Wampum, home of the Koufax Awards. Next week, Paul and I will be blogging at TPM Cafe. Feel free to submit questions. The Chinese…
The city of Mianyang, in Sichuan Province, is China’s third most suitable city for living, according to a series of interviews conducted by Beijing-based Horizon Group. The main facilities for the China Academy of Engineering Physics are located in Mianyang.…
