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The DF-31 is a three stage solid-fuel rocket equipped with an inertial navigation system. The missile is mounted on a transporter erector launcher . It is capable of reaching targets throughout Europe, Asia, and parts of Canada and the northwestern United States.
The DF-31 (CSS-10) is China's newest road-mobile, solid-fuel ICBM developed by the 4th Aerospace Academy (now ARMT). The DF-31 has range of 8,000+ km, and can carry a single 1,000 kt warhead, or up to three 20-150 kt MIRV warheads.
DF-5C: China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology: 15,000 km 183,000 kg 10x 1 Mt Active 2015 Yes Silo 800m 41 DF-4: China Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co.) 7,000 km 82,000 kg 3.3 Mt Inactive 1975 No Silo 1,500 m 41 DF-4A China Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co.) 7,000 km 82,000 kg 3x 1 Mt Inactive 1975 Yes Silo 1,500 m 42 DF-31: China
In 2000, General Eugene Habiger of the U.S. Air Force, then-commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, testified before Congress that China has 18 silo-based DF-5s. [45] Since the early 21st century, the Second Artillery Corps have also deployed up to 10 Solid-fueled mobile DF-31 ICBMs, with a range of 7,200+ km and possibly up to 3 MIRVs.
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The DF-5 had its first flight in 1971 and was in operational service 10 years later. One of the downsides of the missile was that it took between 30 and 60 minutes to fuel. The Dong Feng 31 (a.k.a. CSS-10) is a medium-range, three-stage, solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile, and is a land-based variant of the submarine-launched JL-2.
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.
US DoD designations for SS-N series naval surface-to-surface missiles (fired from ships and submarines), with Soviet designations: . SS-N-1 "Scrubber" (4K40) (P-1); SS-N-2 "Styx" (4K51) (P-15)