US Politics

Whats the confidence level on the "they're guidance is shit" part?

Possibly the same as for the previous blithe statements to the effect that 'they're years, no decades, from making a workable ICBM', or 'yes they've made an atomic device but that's a very different thing from making a warhead that'll fit on a missile'.

They have been regularly dismissed as incompetent, comedy Asian villains, and they have made steady progress regardless. Yet the pronouncements about how they can't possibly build a re-entry vehicle or guidance system continue.

This is old tech. It's been around since the 1950's, and it's do-able if they haven't already done it. The talking down of their capabilities comes from the same place as misplaced faith in the US' ABM capability (which, due to decades of cancelled and underfunded attempts is not worth shit) - a comfort blanket and undertones of racial superiority.

Talk of Putin and/or China "sharing" tech