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Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) or other ballistic missiles. The United States , Russia , India , France , Israel , Italy , United Kingdom , China and Iran have all developed missile defense systems.
Surface-to-air missiles of the People's Republic of China (23 P) Pages in category "Guided missiles of the People's Republic of China" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
China: Man-portable missile launcher improved from HJ-8. HJ-8: Anti-tank guided missile: 120mm China: HJ-73D: Anti-tank guided missile: 125mm China: Upgrade of the original HJ-73. Chinese development of the 9M14 Malyutka. Man-portable air-defense systems HN-5A/B: Man-portable air-defense system: 72 mm China: FN-6: Man-portable air-defense ...
The Pentagon said China is on track to have ... 2024 said Beijing is likely developing advanced missile systems "in part due to long-term concerns about United States missile defense capabilities."
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, [a] formerly the Second Artillery Corps, [b] is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China.The PLARF is the 4th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and controls China's arsenal of land-based ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles—both nuclear and conventional.
The YJ83 also possesses some supersonic attack capabilities. More modern missiles today are the YJ-12 and YJ-91 (KH-31), the most advanced supersonic missiles China has in service. They entered service around 1999 and have a range of 400 km at a speed of Mach 2.5 and can be launched from both ship and air. They can even attack land.
The first shore missile force was established in April 1959. The first shore-to-ship missile group was established in 1963. In 1961, China started developing the storied "Silkworm" missile. The first domestic shore-to-ship missile battalion was established in 1967. On 26 October, the first SAM unit was established.
The 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test was conducted by China on January 11, 2007. A Chinese weather satellite —the FY-1C polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of 865 kilometres (537 mi), with a mass of 750 kg [ 23 ] —was destroyed by a kinetic kill vehicle traveling with a speed of 8 km/s in the opposite ...