After this, Israel vowed to strike back. US President Joe Biden said on October 2 that Israel has the right to hit back, and Washington and its allies agreed to sanction Iran over the missile attack, media reported. Experts...
China's deployment of the DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV)-armed Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) will continue to transform the PLA's missile force. The system, fielded in 2020, is possibly intended to replace some older Short-Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) units, according to PRC...
The Korean media recently made much of the fact that some 85,000 Chinese visitors are expected to enter the country. But pre the THAAD anti-missile system dispute and the pandemic that number would have been closer to...
Now news has emerged that on February 25, 2023, China successfully tested its new long-range Dongfang ‘DF-27’ hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), which China did not publicise. The DF-27 IRBM, which reportedly has a range of 5,000 to 6,000 km, flew for 12 minutes ...
One of these missiles is the DF-21D, but it’s not clear how dangerous it really is. An aircraft carrier is not a fixed target like an airbase. Even in the few minutes it takes for a ballistic missile to arrive, the target may have travelled a mile or more. To hit one, the missi...
China’s fast vessel to space. Dong Feng-2 (CSS-1) Short-Range Ballistic Missile. CZ-3B launched two BeiDou-M navigation satellites from Xichang. History of China’s Manned Space Programme (Part 1): Shuguang 1 and Project 714. Chang’e 5-T1 Test Mission. The Dong Feng-1 (DF-1) w...
Chinese DF-11A and DF-12 short-range missiles, DF-21 medium-range missiles, and cruise missiles would fall on targets across Taiwan, slamming into military headquarters, missile batteries, army bases, military airfields, and supply and fuel dumps. PLAAF fighters would engage ROC fighters, rising...
The destruction of a non-functioning satellite by a Chinese missile created significant space debris that will likely plague satellites in the Earth's orbit for some time to come. This may also have a negative affect on China's ability to cooperate fully with other space-faring nations. ...
The DF-41, also known as the CSS-X-20, is estimated to have a range of 12,000 to 15,000 kilometers (7,400 to 9,300 miles) and could be equipped with up to 10 independently targeted nuclear warheads, according to the Missile Threat Project at the Center for Strategic and Internationa...
DF-41 missile A Chinese military vehicle carrying a ballistic missile participates in rehearsals for the October 1 military parade. Andy Wong/AP Much of the parade hype has focused on this powerful intercontinental-range ballistic missile, thought to be the mainstay of the People’s Liberation...