So you people try to blame what a country has had in it's arsenal before Clinton was elected president...I smell desperation.
Before Clinton, China couldn't keep a missie in the air. Sorry but liberalism destroys anything it touches. Look at what our liberal public school system is producing.
You must be one of the smarter Republicans that dropped out of school...
The People's Republic of
China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons. The first of
China's nuclear weapons tests took place in 1964, and its first hydrogen bomb test occurred in 1967.
After the signing of the
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1950, the
Soviet Union assisted China's military R&D with training, technical documentation, manufacturing equipment and licensed production of Soviet weapons. In the area of ballistic missiles, the Soviets transferred
R-1 (SS-1),
R-2 (SS-2) and
R-11F technology to China.
[1] The first Chinese ballistic missiles were based on Soviet designs. Since then, China has made many advances in its ballistic missile and rocket technology. For instance, the
space launch Long March rockets have their roots in the Dongfeng missiles.
The first of the Dongfeng missiles, the
DF-1 (
SS-2, initially codenamed '1059', while the 'DF-1' designation was initially assigned to the project which later became DF-3
[1]), was a licensed copy of the Soviet
R-2 (SS-2 Sibling)
short-range ballistic missile (SRBM).
[2] The DF-1 had a single RD-101 rocket engine, and used alcohol for fuel with
liquid oxygen (LOX) as an oxidizer. The missile had maximum range of 550 km and a 500 kg payload. Limited numbers of DF-1 were produced in the 1960s, and have since been retired.
[1]
Dongfeng (missile) - Wikipedia
