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Chinese Mobile ICBMs Seen in Central China | » Mar 1, 2012 ...By Hans M. Kristensen. Recent satellite images show that China is setting up launch units for its newest road-mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in central China. Several launchers of the new DF-31/31A appeared at two sites in the eastern part of the Qinghai province in June 2011. This is part... Fas.org

China army releases video of advanced DF-16 medium-range ... » Feb 6, 2017 ...The People's Liberation Army has released a video of a recent exercise employing the advanced DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile, a weapon seen as filling a gap in the nation's arsenal. Several launch vehicles carrying the ballistic missiles were seen in the footage that the PLApublished on its video... Defence-blog.com

China May Turn Missiles into Carrier-Killers (Corrected) | WIRED » Mar 31, 2009 ...For years, China has reportedly been working on modifying land-based DF-21 ballistic missiles into long-range carrier killers. The idea ...Naval blog Information Dissemination has just posted an excellent analysis of China's ballistic missile ship-killers, including a translation of a recent Chinese blog on this... Wired.com

Pentagon Report: China Deploys MIRV Missile | » May 11, 2015 ...By Hans M. Kristensen. The biggest surprise in the Pentagon's latest annual report on Chinese military power is the claim that China's ICBM force now includes the “multiple independently-targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV)-equipped Mod 3 (DF-5).” This is (to my knowledge) the first time the US Intelligence... Fas.org

China's DF-16 Medium-range Ballistic Missile | Ares » Sep 17, 2012 ...Richard D. Fisher, Jr. writes: In mid-September 2012 the first full image of the China Aerospace Science and Industries Corporation's (CASIC) Dong Feng-16 ( DF-16) was revealed on Chinese web pages. In mid-March 2011 the Director of Taiwan's National Security Bureau (their CIA) told the Taiwan... Aviationweek.com

Re-enter The DF-21D ASBM » Jul 18, 2011 ...His comments came as the English-language China Daily reported that the DF- 21D had a range of 2,700km (ed. or about 1460 nm -SJS), well beyond assessments by the Office of Naval Intelligence last year, which put it at about 1,500km. The missile, which is capable of hitting moving targets at sea and is... Blog.usni.org

China has tested DF-41 latest generation of ICBM missile ... » Nov 13, 2017 ...China has tested its latest generation of InterContinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) DF-41. Armyrecognition.com

China's DF-26 Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile: What Does the Pentagon ... » May 18, 2016 ...And yet, there is an obvious hole in the 2016 version of the report that leaves it incomplete. Over the last few months, there has been a flurry of articles detailing a new version of China's anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), named the DF-26. This new variant of the widely successful Dong Feng ballistic missile... Nationalinterest.org

China's DF-21D Missile Is a One-Shot Aircraft Carrier Killer » Jul 24, 2012 ...Since the end of WWII, America's naval might has been undisputed and our aircraft carriers have been its crown jewels. However, the days of dominance could end with China's new DF-21D ballistic missile—the only device on Earth capable of sinking an aircraft carrier—four and a half acres of sovereign... Gizmodo.com

China's DF-5 Missiles Poses Some Threat to the USA – Defence Blog » Feb 7, 2017 ...China has reportedly tested a new modification of its Dongfeng-5 ICBM capable of carrying a payload of 10 individual warheads. The test may indicate a shift in China's nuclear policy or an attempt to put pressure on the Trump administration, experts say. In the flight test of the DF-5C missile conducted in... Defence-blog.com