On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Navy, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) released a video of the Julang-2 intercontinental ballistic missile projected by a strategic missile nuclear submarine, which is the first time that the Julang-2 series has shown its true face. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) displayed Julang 2 during the 2019 National Day military parade, but the bullet body was not exposed at that time, and now the PLA dares to show its sword. Judging by the public information, Julang 2 is an intercontinental ballistic missile with a solid rocket engine, which is clearly capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The test launch video of Julang 2 has already shown that this strategic deterrent weapon has been able to carry out combat readiness duty tasks, so as to be able to deal with the aggressive posture of the United States. The ability of ICBMs to strike the continental United States and the ability to carry thermonuclear warheads have become the focus of attention for the United States.
The US Air Force has long deployed RC-135S missile observation and reconnaissance aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the purposes of which is to detect the test launch of ballistic missiles of the PLA. The Eastern Theater of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) held a "military exercise around the island" in August 2022, during which ballistic missiles were used, for which the RC-135S of the US Air Force "arrived as scheduled" to collect intelligence on the PLA. The RC-135S of the US Air Force is used to detect the trajectory of ballistic missiles, which is an action to provide reference for the ballistic missile defense system of the US military.
According to US media reports, Lockheed Martin has officially handed over the LRDR long-range early warning radar system to the US Missile Defense Agency, and judging from the information released by the US military, the long-range early warning radar system equipped by the US military will gain "complete combat capability" in 2025. At present, the US military has deployed an LRDR radar system in Alaska, which can detect ICBMs in the direction of Russia and China.
The deployment of the LRDR radar system by the US military in Alaska is to provide early warning for the US mainland, and because Alaska is very close to Russia, it can provide more early warning time for the US military. The American LRDR radar system has two formations, so it can simultaneously detect ballistic missiles in the Asia-Pacific and European directions. Originally, the United States deployed a long-range radar system in Alaska, but the performance cannot be compared with the new LRDR radar system, Lockheed Martin is through gallium nitride for the construction of T/R components, in fact, the United States imports gallium materials from China, China is the main producer and exporter of gallium materials.
Judging from the fact that the United States is hyping up the LRDR radar system, the United States is still very superstitious about the ballistic missile defense system, so it is necessary to deploy the relevant early warning radar system nearby, in fact, both China and Russia have been equipped with hypersonic missile systems, so the traditional ballistic missile defense system of the United States has lost its advantage. The U.S. LRDR radar system can capture hypersonic missiles launched by China and Russia, but it cannot predict the specific trajectory of the missiles, so the U.S. anti-missile system cannot intercept the corresponding ones, and the United States has fallen behind in the new round of the game.