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The DF-ZF is a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) developed by the People's Republic of China. It is launched by the DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile. The combined weapon system was likely operational by October 2019. [ 2][ 3] The United States once referred to the DF-ZF as the WU-14. [ 1] The DF-17 was previously referred to as the DF-ZF.
China in 2021 test flew a hypersonic glide vehicle as part of a Cold War-era concept known as a fractional orbital bombardment system, which launches a warhead partially into orbit, allowing it to ...
Hypersonic glide vehicle. Chinese DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle mounted on the DF-17 ballistic missile. A hypersonic glide vehicle ( HGV) is a type of warhead for ballistic missiles that can maneuver and glide at hypersonic speed. It is used in conjunction with ballistic missiles to significantly change their trajectories after launch.
A 2023 leak of classified U.S. government documents made public a January 2023 report by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) which stated that China has "almost certainlyā€¯ established its first supersonic UAV unit operating the WZ-8 at Liu'an Airbase, in Dushan County, outside Lu'an.
'East Wind-17'; NATO reporting name: CH-SS-22 [5]), is a Chinese solid-fuelled road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile [3] designed to carry the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle. [6] The missile likely entered service in the second half of 2019. It is the first operationally deployed tactical ballistic missile with an HGV. [6]
June 20, 2024 at 9:53 PM. HONG KONG (Reuters) - The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing's representatives ...
Dongfeng 4 (CSS-3) 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 ...
China has been testing hypersonic glide vehicles that can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads since 2014, according to the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, a non-partisan lobbying group.