DONG FENG 25 IRBM

RANGE - 1,500 MILES
WARHEAD - THREE 250 KILOTON NUCLEAR
ENGINE - TWO STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - INERTIAL/FIBER OPTIC
C.E.P. - LESS THAN 10 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED -

CHINA = 10




CUT-AWAY VIEW OF THREE WARHEAD DONG FENG 25 POST BOOST VEHICLE

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Chinese test of DF-31 in 2002

The new Dong Feng 31 (DF-31) missiles are attached to the 80304 Unit of the Second Artillery Corps. The 80304 Unit is headquartered in Luoyang, Henan province. The new Dong Feng (EAST WIND) 31 missile performed flawlessly during its test flights. The DF-31 can reach any city in America and is armed with three nuclear warheads. The DF-31 has Clinton-supplied guidance, nuclear warhead, nose cone and solid rocket engine technologies.

During the visit to China of General Henry Shelton, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and just a few days prior to the American presidential election, Beijing successfully flight tested its new DF-31 inter-continental ballistic missile, reports Bill Gertz in the Washington Times. Defense analysts say the timing of the test was a deliberate political signal to the United States and its allies. During Shelton's visit, Chinese officials repeated Beijing's opposition to US defensive arms sales to Taiwan. The DF-31 test missile utilized several decoy warheads, intended to defeat US missile defenses.


DONG FENG 31 CAN STRIKE THREE TARGETS WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS




The DF-31 is equipped with many technologies stolen or bought from America during Clinton's term. The DF-31 success was so spectacular that the the PLA 2nd Artillery will deploy 24 missiles by the end of 2004.

The Chinese DF-31 is a road mobile, nuclear tipped SCUD like missile, that is nearly impossible to find, much less destroy. It is intended to counter the USAF B-2 bomber in a "limited" nuclear war scenario where China and the U.S. would only kill a few million people on each side. If deployed in large numbers, the DF-31 could pose a significant first strike theat against stationary military targets inside the U.S. homeland, such as the MX missile fields and the single B-2 bomber base.

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DF25曝光后, 不知大家是否注意到, 此图中这两枚导弹弹头的整流罩, 壳体外型明显不同. 前方一枚是尖锥, 后者却是钝锥形. 当看到第二张图就明白是什么了.

 
DF25多弹头导弹。不知是集束式多弹头, 分导式多弹头, 还是机动式多弹头?