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Nagasaki, Japan. 32°46′25″N 129°51′48″E / . 32.77372°N 129.86325°E. / 32.77372; 129.86325 ( Nagasaki, Japan) The second target of nuclear weapons, Nagasaki was a city of 240,000 swelled to 263,000 on the day of the strike, chosen when the primary target, Kokura, was found clouded over.
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, [ a] formerly the Second Artillery Corps, [ b] is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China. The PLARF is the 4th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and controls China's arsenal of land-based ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles—both nuclear and conventional.
Overview of rocket launch sites worldwide – astronautix.com. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral – nasa.gov. Description and map of Cape Canaveral – astronautix.com. Missile Range Tool – Carlos Labs. Baikonur – russianspaceweb.com. Description and map of Baikonur – astronautix.com. Description and map of Kourou – astronautix.com.
YJ-21. The YJ-21 ( Chinese: 鹰击-21; pinyin: Yīngjī-èryāo; lit. 'eagle strike 21') is a Chinese hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile. [1] [2] The missile is possibly based on an export-oriented ballistic missile produced by China, named CM-401, but with more advanced features and capabilities. [3] According to a 2023 People's Liberation ...
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 154 × BGM-109 Tomahawks in 22 groups of seven. USS Florida (SSBN-728/SSGN-728), an Ohio -class cruise missile submarine, is the sixth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Florida. She was commissioned with the hull designation of SSBN-728; with her conversion to a cruise missile ...
A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel. It's the largest cultural shift in the land leg of the Air Force's nuclear missile mission in 60 years.
Dongfeng 4 (CSS-3) The DF-4 ( CSS-3) "Chingyu" is China's first two-stage ballistic missile, with 5,550-7,000 km range and 2,200 kg payload (3 Mt nuclear warhead). It was developed in late 1960s to provide strike capability against Moscow and Guam. The DF-4 missile also served as basis for China's first space launch vehicle, Chang Zheng 1 ...
The Pentagon is investing billions of dollars to fend off the challenge presented by China’s space weaponry, but much of the work is shrouded in secrecy.. At a sprawling rocket factory run by ...