The deployment of the DF-41 ballistic missile in China shows that the nature of its nuclear posture is at a critical stage of evolution. On the one hand, the deployment illustrates the achievements in Chinese missile modernisation, which poses a threat to the US deterrence capacity. On other hand, it exposes the limitations in its deployment patterns.
Israel’s Laser-based Missile Interception System
The laser-based aerospace defence assets, as and when they are fully developed and deployed, could prove to be a potent deterrent.