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China’s nuclear buildup
New silo fields, missiles and submarines: China’s fast-growing nuclear forces.
Silos, MIRVs and a growing arsenal 9
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JL-3, You know me.
China has conducted a test of its JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile into the open ocean — a departure from its usual practice…
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A Chinese ICBM Test in the Pacific
China tested an ICBM deep into the Pacific Ocean, instead of short-shooting it into PRC deserts. Decker Eveleth joins Jeffrey to talk…
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A Second Silo Field
Matt Korda and Hans Kristensen with the Federation of American Scientists have tracked down what appears to be a second field of…
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Nuclear Silos in the Chinese Desert
Decker Eveleth and Jeffrey Lewis’s team at CNS have found 119 silos for ICBMs out in the deserts of China. That’s the…
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Tracking the PLA Rocket Forces
The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Forces used to be a nearly opaque organization to all but a few open-source researchers. Now, increased…
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The PLA Rocket Force’s Rapid Expansion
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) has been very busy in the last few years, testing new high-tech missiles and standing…
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China’s 70th National Day Parade
Everybody loves a parade, especially one with missiles and drones. Superproducer Scott joins Jeffrey and Anne to discuss the new hardware displayed…
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MIRVs!
“MIRV” stands for Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicles, the ability to put lots of very accurate nuclear warheads on a single missile. Michael…
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China MIRVs Some Missiles
The Pentagon’s annual report on China’s military power (PDF) describes for the first time, China’s CSS-4 mod 3 missile equipped with multiple…
Hypersonics, missile defense and space 4
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Carrier Killer: China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of Operations in the early 21st Century
Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger join Jeffrey to talk about their new book: Carrier Killer: China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of…
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A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System with a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle??
This is a complicated one. According to Demetri Sevastopulo at the Financial Times, China tested something that sounds a whole lot like…
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China’s HQ-19 Hit-to-Kill Interceptor
Scott Lafoy sits in for Aaron as Scott and Jeffrey discuss China’s hit-to-kill program being tested out of Korla in China’s western…
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A Hypersonic Arms Race
What is the status of China’s and the United States’ hypersonic weapons programs? What can open source tell us about China’s most…
Nuclear testing 2
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Conscious Decoupling
U.S. Undersecretary of State Tom DiNanno accused China of conducting decoupled, low-yield nuclear tests including on June 22, 2020. Aaron and Jeffrey…
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Renewed Nuclear Testing in China?
The Wall Street Journal reported that “China might be secretly conducting nuclear tests with very low explosive power” based on the State…
The US, Taiwan and the region 4
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Typhon, Father of Monsters
Jeffrey and his team have been OSINT’ing the heck out of the deployment of the Typhon Strategic Mid-Range Fires (SMRF) ((Typhon Smurf?))…
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Shangri-la Dialogue with Ankit Panda
Ankit Panda joins Jeffrey by the every so fancy pool at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where they talk about competing speeches…
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INF Basing Modes, Asia Edition
With the US on the precipice of withdrawing from the INF, all eyes have turned to China and its large number of…
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Cruisin’
What’s up with Taiwan’s cruise missile program? What in the world compelled the Taiwanese government to deploy the HF-2E in poorly disguised…