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@Cisco Kid Fab Not quite the case here China's entire area denial plan for fighting against the US is the DF-21 and DF-26. Those missiles are key for China area denial plan for the pacific Without them, they have no area denial in the pacific. The USN is infamous for recovering missiles fragments from weapons tests. They do so on several occasions during the Cold War sending subs into Russia waters recover missiles fragments from weapons tests. China's fear is that the USN could recover intact DF-21 and DF-26 and gain a working knowledge of how the missiles operates. This would allow the USN to develop countermeasures. Since testing in the ocean is too high risk, their only option is the middle of a desert. The US can still observe the test but they can't recover anything.
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@Sam China's entire area denial plan for SCS and Pacific relies on the DF-21 and DF-26. Those missiles are key for China's entire area denial plan for the Pacific. Without them, they have no area denial in the pacific. Without area denial from the DFs, Aircraft from CVNs can very quickly reduce the PLAN 355 ship navy to artificial reefs with repeatedly attacks from Super Hornets carrying 4 LRASM and stealthy attacks from F-35Cs. China's fear is that the USN could recover pieces or worse ,intact DF-21 and DF-26 from ocean floor and gain a working knowledge of how the missiles operates. The USN is infamous for recovering missiles fragments from weapons tests. They do so on several occasions during the Cold War sending subs into Russia waters recover missiles fragments from weapons tests.This would allow the USN to develop countermeasures. Since testing in the ocean is too high risk, their only option is the middle of a desert. The US can still observe the test but they can't recover anything.
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