China’s Arsenal of Missiles Could Paralyze the U.S. Military in a Crisis

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China’s Arsenal of Missiles Could Paralyze the U.S. Military in a Crisis

ByJulian McBride
Published2 days ago
 

China’s Medium and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Threat in the Indo-Pacific: What Can the U.S. Military Do?: China currently has one of the world’s top military capabilities, with force projection power to upend the quiet storm in the Indo-Pacific. China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, and its navy, the PLAN, have a wide variety of assets that threaten dozens of countries in the region, including medium—and intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMS and MRBMs).

China’s medium—and intermediate-range ballistic missiles are a critical asset in the PLA’s arsenal and a countermeasure against growing U.S.-Backed regional alliances and partnerships. They could be used in several brewing conflicts in the Taiwan Strait, the Luzon Strait, and the South China Sea. Indo-Pacific countries and the United States should focus on figuring out ways to defend and counteract Beijing’s growing rocket force.



China’s Growing Ballistic Missile Fleet and Capabilities
The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) currently utilizes an estimated 1,300 medium-range ballistic missiles called Dongfeng (DF). The People’s Republic created the DF through the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, which uses different variations of the Dongfeng depending on mission needs.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/chinas-arsenal-of-missiles-could-paralyze-the-u-s-military-in-a-crisis/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Big missiles prefer big targets.

Give the Chi-coms swarms of lower value targets on which to inefficiently expend their missile stockpile, with minimal degradation to America's forces.

Pearl Harbor was a strategic failure for the Japanese because America's aircraft carriers were not in port on December 7, 1941.

Don't put all of America's strategic bombers on Guam.  Spread them around.

Use submarines as submerged missile launch plaforms.  Keep the Chi-coms guessing where American military assets are.

Large stationary land installation are the easiest for the Chi-coms to target.  Mobile and submersible assets are more difficult to target.

The US Navy needs a greater percentage of its surface fleet to be nuclear powered so they do not have to refuel.  It was the need to refuel that led to the sinking of the Bismarck.

The Chi-coms will attempt to use numerical superiority to overwhelm US forces, therefore, the US Military needs to become adept at creating improvised kill boxes/zones to degrade the Chi-coms at less expense to the US Military.

The key to defeating the Chi-coms is sustained, more efficient lethality to defeat the Chi-coms in a war of attrition.

Primary targets should be production, supplies, and logistics.  An offensive force will starve itself of resources if it does not get re-supplied or cannot live off the land.

[Bigun]

China’s Arsenal of Missiles Could Paralyze the U.S. Military in a Crisis

If true, credit Bill Clinton and John Huang.