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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.
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.
A US senior defense analyst said China has the world's "leading hypersonic arsenal," which includes the medium-range Dong Feng-17 ballistic missile equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle.
The publicly announced ICBM launch comes as PLARF expands its nuclear arsenal and builds up its missile capabilities. Last fall, the Department of Defense reported that PLARF had effectively ...
In 2008, during the development of the JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile, it was reported that China was considering modifying the missile to accommodate an anti-satellite warhead to give it a sea-based anti-satellite capability. [6] A 2016 US Congress report warns about China developing space weapons to destroy American satellites. [7]
China's DF-26 IRBM is a two-stage missile capable of reaching targets out to roughly 4,000 km. The weapon entered service in 2016 after being officially unveiled during China's 2015 parade ...
“This is a very serious thing that will dramatically increase China’s defense capability, because only the US and Russia have such a system now.” [3] On 4 October 2019, Sergei Boyev , director general of Vympel NPO , a major weapons manufacturer in Russia, confirmed to Russia's state-run media that the company was working on "modelling ...