Food for thought for any American warhawks who imagine that the US mainland is immune from Chinese reprisals if a hot war breaks out over Taiwan. "The fielding

Food for thought for any American warhawks who imagine that the US mainland is immune from Chinese reprisals if a hot war breaks out over Taiwan. "The fielding of newer, more capable and longer-range SLBMs such as the JL-3 — which has a range of more than 10,000 km — gives the Chinese Navy the ability to target the continental United States from certain littoral waters, allowing Beijing to consider operating in heavily protected “bastions” that enhance the survivability of its sea-based deterrent, the Pentagon said. The Bohai Sea is seen as the most likely option for this, but the missile may also be able to hit Hawaii and Alaska from the South China Sea."