A Chinese media depiction of the potential destructive effect of a MIRV-capable ICBM on Los Angeles. Defense News
China Tests ICBM With Multiple Warheads -- Washington Free Beacon
Clinton-era tech transfer aided multi-warhead program
China carried out a long-range missile flight test on Saturday using multiple, independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, according to U.S. defense officials.
The flight test Saturday of a new DF-41 missile, China’s longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile, marks the first test of multiple warhead capabilities for China, officials told the Washington Free Beacon.
China has been known to be developing multiple-warhead technology, which it obtained from the United States illegally in the 1990s.
However, the Dec. 13 DF-41 flight test, using an unknown number of inert maneuvering warheads, is being viewed by U.S. intelligence agencies as a significant advance for China’s strategic nuclear forces and part of a build-up that is likely to affect the strategic balance of forces.
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More News On China's DF-41 Missile
China Test Launches Deadly DF-41 Multi War Head Super Ballistic Missile: Threat Perceptions Up For USA -- IBTimes
Chinese DF-41 missile can penetrate US air defense: German expert -- Want China Times
DF-41 missile can wipe out 3 US cities in one attack: report -- Want China Times
US Report: China's Nukes Getting Bigger and Better -- Defense News
Photo of China's DF-41 ICBM uploaded to internet -- Want China Times
China 'confirms new generation long range missiles' -- The Telegraph
Chinese Government Website Confirms New Multi-Warhead ICBM -- Washington Free Beacon
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