{"id":2722,"date":"2017-11-25T00:18:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T00:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2017-11-25T00:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T00:18:42","slug":"chinese-icbm-df-41-matures-considerably-will-serve-pla-within-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/11\/25\/chinese-icbm-df-41-matures-considerably-will-serve-pla-within-months\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINESE ICBM DF-41 MATURES CONSIDERABLY WILL SERVE PLA WITHIN MONTHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2723\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41.png 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41-560x303.png 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41-260x141.png 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/DF41-160x87.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Global Times<\/p>\n<p>By Deng Xiaoci<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) &#8211; the Dongfeng-41 &#8211; could be in the People Liberation Army&#8217;s (PLA) lineup as early as the first half of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports say that the Dongfeng-41 ICBM recently underwent another test, the eighth since it was first announced in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The missile must have matured considerably if it is to start serving in the PLA and, if so, official deployment could be in the first half of next year, Xu Guangyu, a senior adviser of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said on a China Central Television (CCTV) program on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Dongfeng-41 is a three-stage solid-fuel missile with a range of at least 12,000 kilometers, meaning it could strike anywhere in the world from a mainland site, Xu told the Global Times, adding that, &#8220;it can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads, each of which can target separately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Image Sourced : Sputnik<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/1076058.shtml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Global Times By Deng Xiaoci China&#8217;s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) &#8211; the Dongfeng-41 &#8211; could be in the People Liberation Army&#8217;s (PLA) lineup as early as the first half of 2018. Media reports say that the Dongfeng-41 ICBM recently underwent another test, the eighth since it was first announced in 2012. 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