CHINA-INTERNAL: PLA MISSILE CAPABILITY
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While experts from the United States and Russia have expressed their concerns regarding China's DF-31 and DF-31A intercontinental ballistic missiles, Chinese military analyst Liu Jiangping told Global Times on January 8, 2015, that China's ability to strike the continental United States had been exaggerated. He said China's ICBM arsenal is small compared to that of the United States and added that most of China's missiles could not be used to launch a first strike against North America due to their range. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is unable to launch a first strike against North America. Liu Jiangping also said that Russia is, meanwhile, trying to turn the attention of the United States to China through overstating the PLA's nuclear strike capability.
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