US may have nearly 50 ground based interceptors now. How well they work against chinese ICBMs is anyone's guess. But if you have a design and manufacturing proc

US may have nearly 50 ground based interceptors now. How well they work against chinese ICBMs is anyone's guess. But if you have a design and manufacturing process taht works, it wouldn't take long to churn out 500. Even 50 is a serious threat to China. If the US and China suddenly spiral into major direct war, China is vulnerable to a US first strike. A first strike against their ICBMs (but not cities) that is 50% successful would leave China with a fairly small second strike capability. Leaving China with the choice of trying to nuke the biggest 30 cities in America, knowing the US might shoot down half, or holding them in reserve. And if the try to nuke US cities the US would probably retaliate with 2,000 weapons.