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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
The showy test of an intercontinental ballistic missile is part of the vast and advanced missile force China is building to threaten neighbors and negate the US military's edge in the air and at sea.
China's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week, which saw the country lob the long-range weapon far out into the Pacific Ocean, was a very public display of Chinese military power ...
China said Wednesday that it had successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, in a rare public test that may raise international concerns as the country ...
BEIJING (AP) — China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. The ICBM carried a dummy warhead and fell into a designated area of the sea, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The launch by the People's Liberation Army was part of routine annual training.
Trident missile launch at sea from a Royal Navy Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine The U.S. Navy currently has 18 Ohio -class submarines deployed, of which 14 are designated SSBNs and armed with 24 [ citation needed ] Trident II SLBMs each, for a total of 288 Trident II missiles equipped with 1,152 MIRV nuclear warheads.
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 DF-41 or CSS-X-10 can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads, which are MIRVs and has a range of approximately 12,000–14,000 km (7,500–8,700 mi).
Missile defense The U.S. regularly conducts missile tests of its own in the Pacific, practicing both launching missiles and shooting them down, with ranges in Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.