DF-31
Sign in to savethumb|right|Dongfeng-31A after a military parade in 2015. thumb|right|Range of various Chinese missiles (2007); DF-31 range in green. The Dong Feng 31 (; NATO reporting name CSS-10) is a third-generation, long-range, road-mobile, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Developed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and operated by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), this three-stage, solid-fuel missile in the Dongfeng missile series is designed to carry a single 425-kiloton thermonuclear weapon. It is a land-based variant of the JL-2, a submarine-launched ballistic missile
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- DF-31 (CSS-10)
- Weapon.image
- DF-31 ballistic missiles 20170919.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- DF-31 in Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
- Weapon.origin
- People's Republic of China
- Weapon.type
- Intercontinental ballistic missile
- Weapon.used_by
- People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Academy of Rocket Motors Technology (ARMT)
- Weapon.unit_cost
- -
- Weapon.service
- 2006 (DF-31), 2007 (DF-31A), 2017 (DF-31B)
- Weapon.engine
- Solid-fuel rocket
- Weapon.speed
- Up to 8.16 km/s (Mach 25)
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- (DF-31) (DF-31A)
- Weapon.altitude
- Up to
- Weapon.guidance
- Astro-inertial guidance with BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
- Weapon.accuracy
- 100 m CEP for silo launched and 150–300 m for TEL-launched.
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Silo, 8 axle TEL
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- DF-31A
- DF-31AG/DF-31B
- DF-31BJ
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Dongfeng-31A after a military parade in 2015. thumb|right|Range of various Chinese missiles (2007); DF-31 range in green. The Dong Feng 31 (; NATO reporting name CSS-10) is a third-generation, long-range, road-mobile, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Developed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and operated by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), this three-stage, solid-fuel missile in the Dongfeng missile series is designed to carry a single 425-kiloton thermonuclear weapon. It is a land-based variant of the JL-2, a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
In 2009, the Chinese inventory was estimated at fewer than 15 DF-31 missiles and fewer than 15 DF-31A missiles. The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) estimated that, as of June 2017, five to ten Mod 1 and over fifteen Mod 2 launchers were operationally deployed.