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It is a two-stage missile with a range of 3000 km. Weight may have been reduced by using composite materials. [54] The War Zone reported two possible warhead configurations; a DF-21D-style "double-cone" tip, and a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) similar to the DF-ZF on the DF-17 missile. [52] It was in development by 2018. [53]
China has already developed a formidable arsenal of anti-ship ballistic missiles, including the DF-21D "carrier killer," and anti-ship warheads for its DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile ...
The DF-4 (CSS-3) "Chingyu" is China's first two-stage ballistic missile, with 5,550-7,000 km range and 2,200 kg payload (3 Mt nuclear warhead). It was developed in late 1960s to provide strike capability against Moscow and Guam. The DF-4 missile also served as basis for China's first space launch vehicle, Chang Zheng 1 (Long March 1). Approx ...
China’s development of the DF-21D missile garnered much attention—it was even noted in an episode of the The Office—and in the 2010s, the Navy began deploying a spectrum of new air defenses ...
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The U.S. Navy test-launched a powerful SM-6 supersonic missile from a container mounted on its smallest type of surface warship: the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) performs its first flight in 2011 on a STARS missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai in Hawaii. On 18 November 2011, the first advanced hypersonic weapon (AHW) glide vehicle was successfully tested by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command as part of the Prompt Global Strike program.
US DoD designations for SS-N series naval surface-to-surface missiles (fired from ships and submarines), with Soviet designations: . SS-N-1 "Scrubber" (4K40) (P-1); SS-N-2 "Styx" (4K51) (P-15)