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A recently-produced Chinese missile capable of targeting the United States may be getting an upgrade—improved accuracy, different payloads, and a new, off-road mobile launch platform that would make the threat harder to neutralize. According to experts, the changes represent a further hardening of China’s nuclear capabilities, and another potential threat from China for the United States to monitor.
Tragedy invariably followed ancient Chinese assassins—even in the event of success, these fearless warriors expected no less than death upon attempting their missions.
The announcement comes amid a long-standing controversy between China and the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG), an international atomic energy agency.
Apparently the chengguan have struck a sufficiently impressive character that members of one ethnic Chinese gang on a Michigan university campus have decided to adopt their name and methods for their own use.
