China Launches One More Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Good to see this was all over the mainstream press.

China Launches One More Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

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China has carried out a regular test launch of a Dongfeng-31 intercontinental ballistic missile. Itar-Tass was told at the Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday that "the Chinese side had notified the Russian Defence Ministry in advance about the upcoming launching of the intercontinental missile".

"The Dongfeng-31 missile was fired from the Wuzhai launch site towards the Taklimakan desert at about midnight on Monday", a Russian ministry official said. The head section of the missile, he added, flew approximately 2.5 thousand kilometres. The Russian space control
facilities had tracked the missile's start and flight.

The new Chinese intercontinental ballistic missiles will be put into service already this year. Improved longer-range Dongfeng-31A missiles are expected to be commissioned in 2007. These two types of intercontinental silo-based ballistic missiles are compact systems, which can be moved by means of tractors along general-purpose roads, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

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Nodong, Dongfeng, Taepodong....

I wonder when America will get out the Big Dong Missile and penetrate everyone's defenses....?

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Originally Posted by Rick Donaldson

Nodong, Dongfeng, Taepodong....

I wonder when America will get out the Big Dong Missile and penetrate everyone's defenses....?

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Probably not any time soon. We retired our Big Dong missiles (Peacekeepers)... :(