DF-17
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The DF-ZF is a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) developed by the People's Republic of China. It is launched by the DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile. The combined weapon system was likely operational by October 2019.
Key facts
- Aircraft.name
- WU-14/DF-ZF
- Aircraft.image
- 350px
- Aircraft.caption
- Illustration of a DF-17 missile carrier carrying a DF-ZF glide vehicle
- Aircraft.aircraft_type
- Hypersonic glide vehicle
- Aircraft.national_origin
- People's Republic of China
- Aircraft.status
- Operational
- Aircraft.primary_user
- People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
- Aircraft.introduction
- 1 October 2019
- Aircraft.first_flight
- 9 January 2014
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The DF-ZF is a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) developed by the People's Republic of China. It is launched by the DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile. The combined weapon system was likely operational by October 2019.
The United States once referred to the DF-ZF as the WU-14. The DF-17 was previously referred to as the DF-ZF.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DF-17” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.