{"id":292646,"date":"2017-02-01T01:39:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/china-tests-missile-with-10-warheads\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T01:39:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:39:06","slug":"china-tests-missile-with-10-warheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/china-tests-missile-with-10-warheads\/","title":{"rendered":"China Tests Missile With 10 Warheads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><b>Bill Gertz<a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-tests-missile-10-warheads\/\"><br \/><\/a><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-tests-missile-10-warheads\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a><br \/>January 31, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>China flight tested a new variant of a long-range missile with 10 warheads in what defense officials say represents a dramatic shift in Beijing\u2019s strategic nuclear posture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The flight test of the DF-5C missile was carried out earlier this month using 10 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs. The test of the inert warheads was monitored closely by U.S. intelligence agencies, said two officials familiar with reports of the missile test.<\/p>\n<p>The missile was fired from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center in central China and flew to an impact range in the western Chinese desert.<\/p>\n<p>No other details about the test could be learned.\u00a0Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Gary Ross suggested in a statement the test was monitored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [Defense Department] routinely monitors Chinese military developments and accounts for PLA capabilities in our defense plans,\u201d Ross told the\u00a0<em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-tests-missile-10-warheads\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017  at  8:41 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/china-tests-missile-with-10-warheads.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"http:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/china-tests-missile-with-10-warheads.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill GertzWashington Free BeaconJanuary 31, 2017 China flight tested a new variant of a long-range missile with 10 warheads in what defense officials say represents a dramatic shift in Beijing\u2019s strategic nuclear posture. The flight test of the DF-5C missile was carried out earlier this month using 10 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-292646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}