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http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/188743/china-expected-to-deploy-new-df_41-icbm-next-year.html


"“DF-41 is 4th-generation and China’s latest strategic missile,” said Yang, adding that the reliable missile is quick, mobile, and precise.


 Public data shows that DF-41 is a rival of the 6th-generation missiles of some developed countries, such as the American LGM-30 Minuteman and the Russian RT-2PM2. The Chinese missile even has an edge with regard to some technologies.


 The DF-41 has a range of 12,000 kilometers and a deviation of some one hundred meters. It can carry six to 10 multiple maneuverable warheads, which makes it difficult to be intercepted.


 The missile is 16.5 meters in length with a diameter of 2.78 meters. It can be launched from road- and rail-mobile launcher platforms, as well as silo-based launchers.


“The missile can hit every corner of the earth, allowing China to counter a nuclear strike on the country,” Yang noted."


There seems to be a consistent conflation of km with miles with regards to this missile.  In order to hit "every corner of the earth" it would need a range of 12,000 miles, not 12,000km.  Also a CEP seems a bit low for maneuverable warheads.  ???  Peacekeeper did better than that without guided warheads, as does D-5.


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