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DISPATCH 04/26 · 23 Oct 2026
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DF-5C
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DF-5C

The DF-5C is China's newest heavy, liquid-fuelled, silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile, presented as a globally ranged strategic weapon and assessed by the Pentagon to carry a multi-megaton warhead.

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ChinaPro

DF-21D

China's pioneering land-based anti-ship ballistic missile — the "carrier killer" that forced the U.S. Navy to rethink its force structure, holding aircraft carriers at risk out to 1,500 km.

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ChinaPro

DF-17

China's road-mobile DF-17 marries a medium-range ballistic missile booster to the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle — a maneuvering, low-altitude payload built to outwit missile defenses and hit fixed high-value targets at 1,800–2,500 km.