Researchers in China have developed a fully modular, intelligent electric-drive heavy-duty vehicle that could be used as a mobile launcher for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
The researchers said the vehicle could “crab walk” through tight or obstructed terrain that would defeat conventional launchers and its near-silent operation improved its stealth abilities.
A prototype was unveiled in Beijing on December 21, less than two years after the project was approved in January 2024 as...
Nuclear game changer: China builds crab-walking electric ICBM mobile launcher prototype
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Source: scmp.com

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