China’s share of global GDP has increased from 3.6% in 2000 to 17.8% in 2019 and will continue to grow, the CEBR said. It would pass the per capita threshold of $12,536 (£9,215) to become a high-income country by 2023.
absolutely insane
China’s share of global GDP has increased from 3.6% in 2000 to 17.8% in 2019 and will continue to grow, the CEBR said. It would pass the per capita threshold of $12,536 (£9,215) to become a high-income country by 2023.
absolutely insane
China would need Russian nukes to also fire in order to successfully penetrate US missile defense.
I don't think that's even theoretically true (meaning all the defenses work) now that China has MIRVs
It's all theoretically. None of this stuff has actually been tested on a real target. The pendulum may swing back in China's favor in this aspect once they develop the necessary tech
just wanted a shorthand way to say "if all the defenses work", probably wasn't the best choice
You nailed it bruv, fuckin crushed it innit?
idgi
Has US Missile Defense ever successfully defended against a missile?
I've always heard the tech described as "shooting a bullet with a bullet from the back of another bullet". And the number of "failed test" stories dotted the news for decades.
That's before we get into the fact that we've never really been in a shooting war with another high tech state.
I doubt US missile defence's ability to shoot down a single rusty R7, let alone a modern ICBM. They no longer have the nuclear-tipped ABMs and there's maybe 15 GMDs and an Aegis system or two in the flightpath at best.
China could probably launch ~30-50 nukes immediately, and more with an hour's notice which is more than enough to wipe out SF, LA and Seattle even with current ABM systems warned and ready.
And of course they're about to roll out their new MIRV system which will really fuck the US.