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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.
YJ-21. The YJ-21 ( Chinese: 鹰击-21; pinyin: Yīngjī-èryāo; lit. 'eagle strike 21') is a Chinese hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile. [1] [2] The missile is possibly based on an export-oriented ballistic missile produced by China, named CM-401, but with more advanced features and capabilities. [3] According to a 2023 People's Liberation ...
The Dongfeng-17 ( simplified Chinese: 东风-17; traditional Chinese: 東風-17; pinyin: dōngfēng-17; lit. '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 ...
The CJ-100 ( Chinese: 长剑-100; pinyin: Cháng Jiàn 100; lit. 'long sword 100'; NATO reporting name: CH-SSC-13 Splinter ), [4] [5] also known as DF-100 ( Chinese: 东风-100; pinyin: Dōngfēng 100; lit. 'east wind 100'), [1] is a Chinese strategic, long range high- supersonic land-attack cruise missile . The missile system is reportedly ...
The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle[ 9] is a intermediate-range surface-to-surface boost-glide hypersonic weapon being developed for use by the United States Army. The United States Navy intends to procure a ship/submarine-launched variant of the missile as part of the service's Intermediate-Range Conventional ...
Chinese scientists say they’ve significantly boosted the operational range for hypersonic weapons. How will the rest of the world respond?
The "KF-21" (possible Chinese designation, [52] NATO designation: CH-AS-X-13) is reported to be an air-launched variant of the DF-21 [53] with a nuclear or anti-ship role. It is a two-stage missile with a range of 3000 km. Weight may have been reduced by using composite materials. [54]
According to a South China Morning Post report, in December 2023, Chinese hypersonic anti-ship missiles went undetected in a computer-simulated attack against the US warships in a Chinese research lab. [8] [9] The missile range was reported to be similar to that of YJ-21. [9] KF-21; KD-21 / 2PZD-21 [10] DF-27; Lingyun-1 [11] [12] MF-1 [13 ...