Beat a stick and give a sweet date. In recent days, the United States has made frequent moves, not only deploying medium-range missiles in the Philippines, causing nuclear panic, but also driving the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group to the South China Sea of the mainland.
Don't look at the posture of the United States to fight with China, in fact, the United States is particularly afraid that the mainland will misjudge their actions and really take measures.
No, after the two moves, Blinken visited China on the afternoon of April 24 and came to Shanghai, and prepared to go to Beijing on the 26th to talk in detail with Minister Wang Yi.
What the United States is doing is obviously bullying China, and if the mainland does not fight back, what awaits it will only be their gains.
On the occasion of the 70 th anniversary of the founding of the submarine force of the mainland navy, the navy launched a new type of submarine-launched intercontinental missile in the foreign propaganda film "Introduction to the Deep Sea".
It is not the Dongfeng 41, nor is it the Dongfeng 5B, but its appearance must make Blinken think about how to talk to the mainland and whether to make small moves after returning to China.
So, what exactly is so powerful about the new type of intercontinental missile? What other countermeasures does the mainland have?
Two minutes in the sky, twenty years in the earth
The mainland has suffered too much in terms of the navy. From the Battle of the Yellow Sea during the Qing government, the Beiyang Navy, which the reformists had painstakingly built, once confronted the Japanese Navy, and suffered heavy losses in five hours.
After the war, the mainland lost its control of the Yellow Sea. To put it more broadly, the Qing government had almost no maritime defenses.
During the period of the revolutionary war, the land operations of our party and our army were accumulated while fighting, and the navy did not have the economic and technological capability to develop.
Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek retreated to the Taiwan region with the remnants of his troops, the PLA's Kinmen landing battle was very difficult, and because he had no experience in naval combat, he faced the dilemma of having no ships to send.
What's more, the US Navy's Seventh Fleet sailed to the Taiwan Strait, and we were stunned that there was nothing we could do about it.
Although the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is a correct measure, it is not a helpless move, and if the national strength is strong, the two aspects can be carried out at the same time.
Because it has suffered losses from having no navy or having a weak navy, the mainland has always been committed to building a modern navy and building a naval power.
However, if there is no experience, no information, and no weapons and equipment, how should the mainland take the road to modernizing its navy?
Beginning in August 1965, the development of medium-range submarine-to-surface solid missiles was handed over to the Fourth Design Department, and in 1967, the feasibility study of the underwater launch missile continued, and after Chairman Mao personally approved it, the missile was named "Julang".
The name is already there, but there are many problems faced by scientific researchers, and they don't know where to start.
As the designers groped their way forward, they were mainly faced with four major problems: how to choose the test route of the missile's underwater mobile launch technology, what launch method to choose, the test procedure for selecting the missile, the selection of the missile body, the two-stage power plant, and the guidance system.
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In response to the first problem, we have found a full-scale model projectile that can be recovered, which can be launched on a submarine moving underwater.
Regarding the second problem, the designers finally chose the gas-powered, underwater cold launch method of the missile, and then the third and third problems were solved one by one, and both used the Chinese method.
It took about 20 years of exploration, demonstration, experimentation, and so on that the mainland made a breakthrough. In September 1988, the mainland's first-generation submarine-launched missile was successfully launched, and CCTV reported the relevant news.
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Deputy Chief Engineer Hou Shiming said with emotion: "Two minutes in the sky, twenty years underground."
Because the engine of a medium-range strategic missile generally works for about two minutes, but behind the two-minute work is the dedication of countless scientific researchers for 20 years.
With a total length of 10.7 meters and a projectile diameter of 1.4 meters, the maximum range is 2,000 kilometers, and the explosive power can reach 2 million to 3 million tons.
Even though it is so powerful, the Julang-1 still lacks the advanced equipment of the United States and Western countries, but fortunately, through its research and development, the mainland has built a professional team.
In this way, it took another 35 years for the Julang-2 to be unveiled at the National Day parade in 2019, and in this year's naval documentary, it was also the Julang-2 submarine-launched ICBM that soared into the sky.
After 35 years of hard work and hammering Blinken, what kind of powerful combat power does Julang-2 have?
Secondary counterattack force
The secondary counterattack power of sea-based nuclear forces is of paramount importance for a country.
To put it bluntly, when we encounter a devastating nuclear strike from the enemy, we still have the ability to paralyze the enemy in nuclear retaliation. This undoubtedly provides an additional security guarantee for countries that "will never be the first to use nuclear weapons."
Moreover, the use of sea-launched missiles is the most economical of the three methods (land-launched, through missile silos or launchers; air-launched, delivered by bombers).
Aside from these factors, submarines are also flexible and stealthy, with the ability to switch between maximum and minimum range at will, making it impossible for the enemy's defenses to accurately locate and achieve maximum damage.
Take the US military's "Ohio-class" nuclear submarine as an example:
It can carry 336 nuclear warheads at a time, which can probably destroy large and medium-sized cities in a country, and the destructive power is extremely strong.
At present, the countries that can master this technology are China, the United States and Russia.
Let's take a look at the Julang-2:
Reports speculate that it has a range of about 7,400 kilometers, which would be enough to threaten all 50 U.S. states if launched east of Hawaii.
Now that 2019 has been unveiled, why did Blinken take it out again this year when he came to China?
Used as a deterrent. The United States has deployed intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines, and the whole world has set off a new nuclear panic, although the mainland has a way to deal with it, through the 055 drive to break through the blockade of the Strait of Malacca, and enter the eastern Indian Ocean to outflank the US aircraft carrier.
But for a country like the United States, which goes straight and doesn't let go if it doesn't see the real chapter, the most direct way to fight back is to show the strength that they are afraid of, such as Julang-2.
When Blinken comes to China, with the US way of doing things, it is certainly indispensable to play tricks, and the mainland should have the final say on how to talk about everything and to what extent.
Counting the Julang-2, the mainland also has the Dongfeng series of intercontinental missiles and the H-6N strategic bomber, which form the mainland's trinity and strike force.
As Chairman Mao said, US imperialism is a paper tiger, and only when we are tougher can they speak well.
Resources:
CCTV: The People's Navy's first submarine-themed promotional film "Hidden in the Deep Sea"