China Tests Missile With 10 Warheads

January 31, 2017
By Bill Gertz



China flight tested a new variant of a long-range missile with 10 warheads in what defense officials say represents a dramatic shift in Beijing's strategic nuclear posture.

The flight test of the DF-5C missile was carried out earlier this month using 10 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs. The test of the inert warheads was monitored closely by U.S. intelligence agencies, said two officials familiar with reports of the missile test.

The missile was fired from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center in central China and flew to an impact range

Russia Unveils RS-28 Sarmat 'Satan 2' Nuclear Missile

October 26, 2016

Russia has declassified the first image of its new thermonuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile.

The RS-28

Pentagon: China Restructures for War

Details of island building in S. China Sea disclosed

May 13, 2016
By Bill Gertz


China’s military underwent a major restructuring last year in a bid to prepare its military for conflict, the Pentagon said in its latest annual assessment of the Communist Party-controlled People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

The armed forces were reformed with new military regions, a new command structure, and updated strategies to better fight regional, high technology warfare, the 145-page report to Congress says.

“These reforms aim to strengthen the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) control over the military, enhance the PLA’s ability

Russia Doubling Nuclear Warheads

New multiple-warhead missiles to break arms treaty limit

April 1, 2016
By Bill Gertz

Russia is doubling the number of its strategic nuclear warheads on new missiles by deploying multiple reentry vehicles that have put Moscow over the limit set by the New START arms treaty, according to Pentagon officials.

A recent intelligence assessment of the Russian strategic warhead buildup shows that the increase is the result of the addition of multiple, independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, on recently deployed road-mobile SS-27 and submarine-launched SS-N-32 missiles, said officials familiar with reports of the

Russian Army Forming 3 New Divisions And 5 New Nuclear Missile Regiments In 2016

January 12, 2016


Russian servicemen equip an Iskander tactical missile system at the Army-2015 international

Russia Could Overrun The Baltic States In THREE DAYS: US War Planners Say NATO Has Been Caught Napping And Would Be Hopelessly Outgunned

February 3, 2016

Russia could overrun Eastern Europe in just three days because NATO has not been bolstering its fleet since Vladimir Putin took Crimea, according to US military predictions.

Testing every possible scenario in a series of war games, a US military think tank has concluded it would take a resurgent Russia between 36 and