how many nukes china have? always a mystery,
the estimations range from 300 to 2350 nukes..
according to one article of 2350 nukes, they make their number based on the amount of uranium-235and plutonium-239,
china produces 800 kg of U-235 and 400 kg of pu-239 each year in five places
Lanzhou Gaseous Diffusion Plant)400kg U-235/year
Helan Shan 400kgU-235/year
Yumen 250kg Pu-239/year
Baotou 150kg Pu-239/year
Guangyuan ???
if making a nuke needs only 15 kg U-235 or over 5 kg Pu-239.....the amount china produces can build over 100 bombs each year since 1980......
it really give a big question mark how mnay nukes china has
talking about missiles
People’s Republic of China
http://www.missilethreat.com/missiles/
the most widely used ICBMs are DF-4 or DF5 or DF-5A (over 20 of them with range of 12000km and capable of multi warheads)....all liquid
the new ones are DF-31A, or JL-2 (12000km) and DF-41, all solid..
according to missile threat site, china now has 8 DF-31As...while the new JL-2 (probalby over 10000km) will be soon operational as the New type 094 nuke sub has finished last year
according to washington post (i dont like this newspaper, always spreading rumours and causing badblood between U.S and China), china will have more than 30 ICBMs capable of hitting U.S this year and more 100 after 2010) and most of them will be solid fueled and very hard to be tracked by satellite
the estimations range from 300 to 2350 nukes..
according to one article of 2350 nukes, they make their number based on the amount of uranium-235and plutonium-239,
china produces 800 kg of U-235 and 400 kg of pu-239 each year in five places
Lanzhou Gaseous Diffusion Plant)400kg U-235/year
Helan Shan 400kgU-235/year
Yumen 250kg Pu-239/year
Baotou 150kg Pu-239/year
Guangyuan ???
if making a nuke needs only 15 kg U-235 or over 5 kg Pu-239.....the amount china produces can build over 100 bombs each year since 1980......
it really give a big question mark how mnay nukes china has
talking about missiles
People’s Republic of China
http://www.missilethreat.com/missiles/
the most widely used ICBMs are DF-4 or DF5 or DF-5A (over 20 of them with range of 12000km and capable of multi warheads)....all liquid
the new ones are DF-31A, or JL-2 (12000km) and DF-41, all solid..
according to missile threat site, china now has 8 DF-31As...while the new JL-2 (probalby over 10000km) will be soon operational as the New type 094 nuke sub has finished last year
according to washington post (i dont like this newspaper, always spreading rumours and causing badblood between U.S and China), china will have more than 30 ICBMs capable of hitting U.S this year and more 100 after 2010) and most of them will be solid fueled and very hard to be tracked by satellite