“According to what Bloomberg News describes as a US intelligence report”
This is Standard Operating Procedure for the Neocons. They pick their enemy, post fake stories about their capabilities (like using shovels instead of guns), get whatever Administration to start yet another war, and then are ‘surprised’ when their newest enemy has the means to fight back and starts making minced meat of their front-line hardware.
This story was OBVIOUSLY fake from the start, as it was put out by Western ‘Intelligence’.
So, if you see some story from Western ‘Intelligence’, just laugh it off, as it is nothing but LIES.
Chinese soldiers drained missile fuel from storage tanks and then top them off with water.
Most rockets are solid fuel so not sure what the point is here.
Author uses Western logic while attempting to analyze the Chinese, fails to understand that Chins runs of bribery and corruption, to the extent that he seems to be an apologist or “white monkey” for the PLA.