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China has conducted military exercise with DF-16 short / medium range ballistic missile 10802173.
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Defense & Security News - China
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China has conducted military exercise with DF-16 short / medium range ballistic missile.
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China has conducted military exercise with its DF-16 short / medium-range ballistic missile, a video was released on the Official Chinese army website showing Rocket Force missile brigade soldiers with several launch vehicles carrying the ballistic missile.
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 Chinese-made DF-16 short / medium-range ballistic missile during rehearsal for military parade in Beijing, September 3, 2015. |
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Two types of DF-16 that appeared in the exercise are the bullet-shaped missile that is considered the original DF-16 and a new variant that features a maneuverable warhead and several extra fins.
Xu Guangyu, a retired major general and now a strategy researcher, said that DF-16 has a strike range of more than 1,000 kilometers, filling the gap that previously existed with the absence of a medium-range ballistic missile in the PLA's arsenal. He said the missile also is able to reach Okinawa, a Japanese island about 400 km from China's Diaoyu Islands. The Chinese Rocket Fore personnel handled many scenarios, including chemical/biological contamination, countering satellite reconnaissance and electronic jamming. The crews also practiced rapid loading, redeployment and launch sequence, though the video showed no missile actually being launched. The DF-16 is a mobile short medium-range ballistic missile of the Chinese-made Dongfeng (DF) missile family. The Df-16 was unveiled for the first time during the military in Beijing, September 3, 2015. The DF-16 began development in the mid 2000s, where it was initially identified as the DF-11C, a two stage variant of the DF-11. The DF-16 is mobile-launched, two-stage, solid-fuel ballistic missile which has a maximum range from 800 to 1,000 km. |
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