The rockets passed slowly in front of the crowd on a series of giant camouflaged trucks on a parade square in Beijing. 11 meters long and 15-ton weighing, each brought the letters and numbers: “DF-17”. China had just revealed to the world its arsenal by Dongfeng ultrasound. This was the case on October 1, 2019, during the parade for the national holiday. The US has already known that these weapons were in a growth phase, but since then China has been rapidly proceeding with their upgrading. Thanks to their speed and flexibility – they travel at speeds five times higher than the speed of sound – they are a terrible weapon, to the extent that they could change the way wars are playing. That is why global competition for their growth is intensifying, writes the British BBC. “This is only a part of the broader image of emerging geopolitical competition we observe between […]
Source: News Beast
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