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The YJ-21 (Chinese: 鹰击-21; pinyin: Yīngjī-èryāo; lit. 'eagle strike 21') is a Chinese hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile. [1] [2] The missile is possibly based on an export-oriented ballistic missile produced by China, named CM-401, but with more advanced features and capabilities. [3]
The DF-ZF is a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) developed by the People's Republic of China. It is launched by the DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile. The combined weapon system was likely operational by October 2019. [2] [3] The United States once referred to the DF-ZF as the WU-14. [1] The DF-17 was previously referred to as the DF-ZF. [2]
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.
A young team of Chinese scientists say a hypersonic missile could fly further and longer by bouncing bounce off the Earth's atmosphere.
The DF-17 uses the rocket booster from the DF-16B short-range ballistic missile. [6] It is more difficult for missile defenses to intercept the manoeuvrable DF-ZF than a ballistic missile, whose trajectories are more predictable. [7] [5] DF-17 strikes to degrade air and missile defenses may precede the use of less survivable weapons. [5]
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.
China had made "astounding progress" on hypersonic weapons far more advanced than US officials realized, sources told The Financial Times.
The US Department of Defense stated in 2010 that China has developed and reached initial operating capability (IOC) [15] of a conventionally armed [16] high hypersonic [17] land-based anti-ship ballistic missile based on the DF-21.