DF-15B Short Range Ballistic Missile China on Thursday marched seven types of its indigenous conventional and nuclear missiles in the m...
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| DF-15B Short Range Ballistic Missile |
China on Thursday marched seven types of its indigenous conventional and nuclear missiles in the massive Victory day parade marking the end of the WWII.
The display included a host of new armaments ranging from intercontinental ballistic missiles to medium-long range bomber aircraft, paraded through the Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing as nearly 200 aircraft including the H-6K medium-long range bombers and carrier-based J-15 fighter jets flew overhead.
The long-anticipated prominent armaments include conventional missiles of Dongfeng-15B and Dongfeng-16, Dongfeng-21D anti-ship ballistic missile described by some media as the "carrier killer," Changjian-10A cruise missiles, Dongfeng-26 missiles, Dongfeng-31A solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as the Dongfeng-5B intercontinental strategic missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads.
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| DF-15B ballistic missile |
The DF-15 is a short range solid fueled ballistic missile with a range of 600 km and 500 kg payload. An improved version, the DF-16 with an estimated range of 800-1000 km was also displayed.
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| DF-5B ICBM |
The DF-5B is a silo based two stage intercontinental ballistic missile designed to carry a 3 megaton yield nuclear warhead to over 15000 km. It is an improved version of DF-5 that entered service in the 1980s.
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| YJ-12 anti ship cruise missile |
The is an supersonic YJ-12 anti ship cruise missile with a reported range of 250 km.
