DF-5 - Wikipedia
The Dongfeng 5 (simplified Chinese: 东风-5; traditional Chinese: 東風-5; pinyin: Dōng Fēng Wǔ; lit. 'East Wind 5') or DF-5 is a second-generation two stage Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile. It has a length of 32.6 m and a diameter of 3.35 m. It weighs in at 183,000 kilograms and it has an estimated range of 13,000 to 16,000 ...
Dongfeng (missile) - Wikipedia
The DF-5 is a silo-based, two-stage missile, and its rocket served as the basis for the space-launch vehicle Fengbao-Tempest (FB-1) used to launch satellites. The missile was developed in the 1960s, but did not enter service until 1981.
DF-5 | Missile Threat
Apr 23, 2024 · The DF-5 (Dong Feng-5 / CSS-4) is a silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It was the first ICBM that China developed, and has the longest range of any missile currently in its arsenal.
Dong Feng-5 (DF-5) - Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
The Dong Feng-5, or DF-5, is China’s first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile to exceed 10,000km and was showcased during a military parade in 1983. Fitted with a single warhead, the original ICBM variant has a length of 32.6m, a diameter of 3.35m, and weighs 183,000 kilograms.
Dongfeng 5; China’s First Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missile …
While China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) acquired its first nuclear weapons in 1964, it would be another seventeen years before it would gain the capability to deliver these to the United States with its first intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM) the Dongfeng 5 (DF-5).
ODIN - OE Data Integration Network - United States Army
The Dongfeng 5 (DF-5/CSS-4) Chinese Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missile is a silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It was the first ICBM that China developed,...
DF-5 - China Nuclear Forces - GlobalSecurity.org
China developed an intercontinental ballistic missile, code-named Dongfeng-5, in the mid-1960s, with a range of more than 12,000 kilometers. It could carry a thermonuclear warhead equivalent to...
DF-5 - China Nuclear Forces - Federation of American Scientists
The Dongfeng-5 possessed the capability to hit targets in the western Soviet Union and the United States. The absence of any space shots between January 1978 and September 1981 may well have related to DF-5 testing as China prepared for the …
DF-5 - Wikiwand
The Dongfeng 5 or DF-5 is a second-generation two stage Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile. It has a length of 38.5 m and a diameter of 4.08 m. It weighs in at 312,500 kilograms and it has an estimated range of 7,000 to 10,000 kilometers.
China successfully test launched full-range ICBM, the "Dongfeng-5"
May 17, 2024 · On May 18, 1980, China successfully completed the full-range flight test of its first-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, the "Dongfeng 5," which flew 9,070 kilometers.