3 ms·
Apologies, I must've gotten some wrong info because I thought the DF-17 carried only nuclear payloads until I checked it's wiki just now.
by daemoens 4y ago
Apologies, I must've gotten some wrong info because I thought the DF-17 carried only nuclear payloads until I checked it's wiki just now.
- dirtyid 4y agoNo worries, currently PLA rocket force deliberately entangles nuclear with conventional capabilities for deterrence - hard for PRC adversaries to math the cost of striking rocket force because can't know if launchers mated with nukes or not. That'll probably change once PRC builds up sufficient nuclear deterrence. Sidenote: Entire PRC PGS talk is where PLA literature and strategic posture is trending towards - they're short/medium term future capabilties with little open source info other than PRC is doing 100s of missile tests and year and pouring massive resources into hypersonics. IMO there's a reason US reaction to PRC GFOBs demonstration was much louder than those of carrier killer missiles. The former is designed to hit fixed targets CONUS that are hard to disrupt/defend, the latter on carrier groups with difficult kill chain and many counter measures.