China's Container Missiles
article from UK The Sun
Probably not really news here but interesting so much detail included in the UK paper.
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CHINA has been secretly developing Trojan Horse-style missiles hidden in shipping containers that can be unleashed on enemy ports, experts warn.
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Military analysts believe the country’s huge fleet of freighters and fishing vessels could be turned into warships with the use of the secretive container missiles.
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Rick Fisher, senior fellow in Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, told The Sun Online while Chinese have not officially confirmed they have the missiles - it is likely they have them.
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it was warned in a study by Stockton Center for International Law that the weapons could violate naval laws.
(Anyone think the Chinese care?)
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A mock-up of the missiles first appeared at an arms fair in 2016 and since then there has been speculation since they may now be in service with China’s armed forces.
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Mr Fisher believes the weapon fits with the Beijing's military strategy and likely would be used as an offensive capability against their enemies - potentially being smuggled into foreign ports anywhere in the world.
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These would be fitted to “nondescript small Chinese ships in order to mount surprise missile raids against shore defences to assist follow on amphibious or airborne invasion forces”.
-Fisher said shipping container missile launchers can be smuggled through ports or via highway ports of entry
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They could then be stored for years in a climate-controlled building within range of US military bases, and taken out when needed for military operations.
-The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is fully capable of using containerized missiles to sow chaos when desired,” he insisted.
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For example Chinese missile launching containers could be stored near the Port of Seattle.
The Chinese would wait for the day they can launch an electromagnetic pulse warhead-armed missiles over the nearby nuclear ballistic missile submarine base Fisher said.
"The EMP blast might take out electronics on the [submarines] and all over the base without having to launch a nuclear missile from China,” he said.
“Washington would be in chaos, would not know against whom to retaliate, and perhaps China uses American distraction to begin its real objective, the military conquest of Taiwan."
Article goes on to provide details about the type of missile then goes on to discuss the different, new Chinese hypersonic missile that is discussed in the video.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16563733/china-feared-hiding-missile-trojan-horse-containers/