China Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear Arms Thread

[kroko]

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The Chinese army is researching a new type of conventional missile that is set to be weaponized and entered into active service within five years, military sources have revealed.

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the nation's largest missile weaponry manufacturer, is set "to complete research, production and delivery of this new generation of missile by 2015," the China NewsService reported Thursday.

The new missile would be part of a network forming a solid defense system allowing for total coverage in both defense and attack, and capable of dealing with various threats from land, sea, air, space as well as cybernetic attacks, according to the report.

The report, however, did not provide any further details of the new missile.

A military source close to the development, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to the Global Times yesterday that "The subject under development is a medium- and long-range conventional missile with a traveling distance of as far as 4,000 kilometers."

"The research is going smoothly, and the missile will be produced and ready for service in five years," he said, noting that the project would also entail a three-year evaluation period.

"It extends the range of China's missiles and will therefore greatly enhance the national defense capabilities," the source said.

The source also unveiled that "the Chinese-made Dong Feng 21D missile, with firing range between 1800 and 2800 kilometers, is already deployed in the army."

Foreign media have also speculated that the Dong Feng 21D is a "carrier killer" and would prove to be a game-changer in the Asian security environment, where US Navy aircraft carrier battle groups have ruled the waves since the end of World War II, the AP reported.

China debuted its first stealth fighter jet, the J-20, in January, in a test flight that coincided with a visit to Beijing by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Following the successful test flight, speculations and assessments of Beijing's military advancement echoed around the world.

How reliable is global times ??

 

[escobar]

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How reliable is global times ??

Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People's Daily.

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old pic posted by Bltizo on CDF

 

[Blitzo]

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How reliable is global times ??

On military matters it is unknown, but they're giving such a concise and detailed (for PLA) info for the supposed missile that there's little reason to doubt it's authenticity. Besides it would make sense for a new generation of SRBM and IRBM to be developed and to take advantage of massive advances since the likes of late model DF-21 and DF-15. MaRV/MiRV, new guidance and teminal guidance, evasive maneuvers, decoys, and of course greater range are all attributes that could be improved upon in a new generation of missiles.

Btw, I think DF-16 is the name given to the new gen SRBM. The new IRBM hasn't been given a name, by media, PLA, or fans yet.

 

[escobar]

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Btw, I think DF-16 is the name given to the new gen SRBM. The new IRBM hasn't been given a name, by media, PLA, or fans yet.

I didn't know about a new SRBM.

 

[Blitzo]

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I didn't know about a new SRBM.

Regardless, I don't think the new IRBM's designation is DF-16. If anything it would make little sense going back to DF-1X coding for a new IRBM when that's been used for SRBM instead... There was even speculation that DF-16 was the same thing as DF-15C (like how DF-25 was first used to call DF-21C).
The point is, there are new IRBMs and SRBMs (and inevitably ICBM) under development, and DF-16 is almost certainly not the name of the new 4000 IRBM (or ICBM/DF-41)

 

[escobar]

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Regardless, I don't think the new IRBM's designation is DF-16. If anything it would make little sense going back to DF-1X coding for a new IRBM when that's been used for SRBM instead... There was even speculation that DF-16 was the same thing as DF-15C (like how DF-25 was first used to call DF-21C).
The point is, there are new IRBMs and SRBMs (and inevitably ICBM) under development, and DF-16 is almost certainly not the name of the new 4000 IRBM (or ICBM/DF-41)

it is not the name who is the question. i know there are inevitably a new IRBM and ICBM under development.
i'm just suprised that you talk also about a new SRBM.

 

[Blitzo]

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^ Well the word "new" is subjective. Wrt the SRBM it's more likely to be a DF-15 derivative (an extra stage added, different warhead etc) than what the new ICBM and IRBM seem to be, that is fresh up from the ground developments.

 

[antiterror13]

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So, DF-1x is for SRBM, DF-2x for MRBM, DF-3x for IRBM (but DF-31A is an ICBM ? ) and DF-4x for ICBM ?

 

[Blitzo]

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Well that was what I was thinking but obviously that could turn out to be a jumbles.

DF-3X for ICBM...

DF-2X for IRBM/MRBM (they are basically the same thing anyway)

 

[MwRYum]

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Nah, there's no such definition, just which project commissioned first.