The news that China had tested a new nuclear-capable hypersonic missile was described by some as a game-changer that stunned US officials. So how big a deal is this, asks Jonathan Marcus of the Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter.
China's denial is "an act of obfuscation" says Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Non-Proliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, because the story has been confirmed by US officials speaking to other media. Both the FT story and the Chinese denial could be right, says Aaron Stein, director of research at the Foreign Policy Institute in Philadelphia.
What China appears to have done is to combine the FOBS technology with a hypersonic glider - they glide along the outer edge of the atmosphere avoiding radar and missile defences - into a new system. But why? Both Beijing and Moscow view hypersonics as a means to ensure the defeat of missile defences, he believes. But in contrast, the US plans to use them to strike so-called hard targets like things that support nuclear command and control, using conventional or non-nuclear warheads.
"In fact, one of the things that we did was to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile or ABM Treaty, which is far more responsible for China's development of this system than anything else."America's potential adversaries are all seeking to modernise and upgrade their nuclear weaponry.
Yes, a race to the end of life on earth.
In 2019, China's per capita emissions reached 10.1 tons, This comes in just below average levels across the OECD bloc (10.5 tons/capita) in 2019, but still significantly lower than the US, which has the highest per capita emissions in the world at 17.6 tons/capita.
China is the world biggest polluter. Nearly 30% of all carbon. Yet the west persist with trading with them and allowing them to prosper and build such armies 🙄
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No. The race is over. Russia & China won. 🤷🏻♂️
support thiz please
Its their Perogative to be the best of what they can.
Don’t trust the Chinese. The West need to be ready for every eventuality.
China will flex its might and ultimately fail . The wars will be costly in lives and the world ecology . When not if is the question .
ONLY BEAST COME'S GANG INDIA, ARAB ISLAMIC TAIWAN AUSTRALIA 🐉 DRAGOND CHINA COME'S ALONE
Don’t forget the US has choice of pronouns, lethal.
Let’s destroy our biggest market…don’t think so 😂
does it matter to anyone?
I know you'd alert me when your done with your trading acct, so you continue further in activating your trading acct
No it signals it won't take Shit from West anymore...😂👍Kapish!
Wouldn't surprise me if China has mega cities on Mars and accepting Groupon. USA - just launched second rover 😂
The American spend more on weapons than you can think of with dark projects wouldn’t surprise me if they already no & have something faster
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