Some information about the development history of the DF-17. In short, they're different class of weapons, one is focused on serial production in very large numbers, which according to several claims may actually be one of the cheapest options in PLARF arsenal, and the other is more a specialty weapon for operations in 2IC and beyond.
2025 Victory Day parade thread (workup, 3rd Sept)
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You are right about that, I'm going to revise my post
CJ-1000 is the gem with sparingly few pieces of information apart from it being a land based air breathing, hypersonic cruise missile.
Its launch container appears around15m long. This is the missile superseding the DF-100. It appears considerably larger than Zircon with booster, longer than YJ-19 and YJ-17, DF-100, and longer than DF-17. Wonder what range this beast has. MRBM sized rocket booster, if this thing is a glider and air breather, essentially would have near ICBM range.
CJ-1000 is prompt global strike but actualised and has no chance of being confused as a nuclear launch. This thing is the game changer of the parade in my opinion. Even if it is just a scramjet powered, non-gliding HCM with a MRBM equivalent booster, it's a prompt 3IC range strike weapon. Hopefully it can hit moving targets like DF-21D, DF-26, and DF-27.
Its launch container appears around15m long. This is the missile superseding the DF-100. It appears considerably larger than Zircon with booster, longer than YJ-19 and YJ-17, DF-100, and longer than DF-17. Wonder what range this beast has. MRBM sized rocket booster, if this thing is a glider and air breather, essentially would have near ICBM range.
CJ-1000 is prompt global strike but actualised and has no chance of being confused as a nuclear launch. This thing is the game changer of the parade in my opinion. Even if it is just a scramjet powered, non-gliding HCM with a MRBM equivalent booster, it's a prompt 3IC range strike weapon. Hopefully it can hit moving targets like DF-21D, DF-26, and DF-27.
Where DF-41?
It was the DF-61
Hypersonic speed and late-ish detection sounds like a great combo. It also looks like it might be very expensive to achieve large salvo sizes / magazine depth - I wonder what kind of priority targets it was created for and what other vectors of attack it could be combined with.
