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DoD Report Says China’s Missile Capability Overtaking U.S.

DoD Report Says China’s Missile Capability Overtaking U.S.
Conventional Strike Capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army from the Annual Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, September 2020. (Image: Defense Department).

The annual Defense Department report on China’s military developments said it is overtaking the U.S. in land-based conventional ballistic and cruise missiles as well as air defense capabilities. “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2020” underscored China has more than 1,250 ground-launched ballistic missiles (GLBMs) and ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) with ranges from 500 to 5,500 kilometers. In contrast the U.S. currently fields only one type of conventional GLBM with a range of 70 to 300 kilometers…

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