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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.
Naval Air Weapons Station ( NAWS) China Lake [2] is a large military installation in California that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the United States Navy. It is part of Navy Region Southwest [3] under Commander, Navy Installations Command, and was originally known as Naval Ordnance Test Station ( NOTS ).
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 "distance in the Indo-Pacific and sheer size of (China's) Navy means the U.S. needs more ship-killing missiles that can reach distant targets," Representative Mike Gallagher told Reuters.
Also featured at the event were the JL-2 submarine-launched strategic missile believed to be standard weaponry for China's nuclear-powered subs, as well as the CJ-100 cruise missile.
At least 154 scientists who worked at America’s foremost national security laboratory have been recruited to design Chinese missiles, submarines and drones, a new report says.
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 ...
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 ...