NUCLEAR CHINESE POWER

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY ROCKET FORCES - SECOND ARTILLERY CORPS

The Second Artillery Corps is comprised of approximately 120,000 personnel and maintains control of over 300 nuclear warheads. According to the Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) the Second Artillery Corps is given priority funding over all other PLA units. Although it only makes up about 4 percent of the PLA, it receives 12 to 15 percent of the defense budget and about 20 percent of the total procurement budget. When the PLA cut 1 million personnel in the 1980s, Second Artillery Corps ranks increased in total size.

The Second Artillery Corps is headquartered in Qinghe, a suburb of Beijing and maintains at least seven missile bases each with one to three missile brigades and regiment-level special departments responsible for chemical defense, communications, training, security and four launch battalions. Each base also has training and nuclear warhead maintenance units and reports directly to the Second Artillery Corps commander. Each missile brigade commands a number of permanent launch sites. For ease of maintenance, each missile brigade is responsible for only one type of missile.

80301 Unit. The 80301 Unit is headquartered in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Its complement of DF-3A and DF-21 cover the Korean peninsula and Japan, including Okinawa.

80302 Unit. The 80302 Unit is headquartered in Huangshan, Anhui Province and is the Second Artillery's most important unit for conducting strikes against Taiwan. The 815th brigade in Leping took part in the March 1996 missile exercises off the coast of Taiwan. During a wartime situation the 815th brigade would disperse to prearranged sites in Fujian Province in to order to be able to strike the entire island of Taiwan. Missiles are usually transported by rail for field deployments.

80303 Unit. The 80303 Unit is headquartered in Kunming, Yunnan province. Its complement of DF-3A and DF-21 can strike targets in India and Southeast Asia.

80304 Unit. The 80304 Unit is headquartered in Luoyang, Henan province. Its DF-5 missiles can strike targets throughout the United States and Europe.

80305 Unit. The 80305 Unit is headquartered in Huaihua, Hunan province. Its DF-4 missiles can strike Guam.

80306 Unit. The 80306 Unit is headquartered in Xining, Qinghai province. Its DF-4 missiles can strike targets in India and Russia. This unit may also have an experimental unit assigned to it.

DONG FENG 11 TACTICAL MISSILE

RANGE     - 186 MILES 1993 VERSION
             510 MILES 2002 ADVANCED VERSION
WARHEAD   - 20 KILOTON TACTICAL   NUCLEAR
             (1000 KG) 2,200 POUND CONVENTIONAL
ENGINE    - SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - STRAP DOWN INERTIAL
C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 200 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                   CHINA    = 400
                   PAKISTAN = 70

DONG FENG 15 TACTICAL MISSILE

   WARHEAD   - 1,100 LB. (500 KG) CHEMICAL, NUCLEAR OR    CONVENTIONAL
             10 KT. NEUTRON (ENHANCED RADIATION) WEAPON
             20 KT. TACTICAL NUCLEAR WARHEAD
   RANGE     - 370 MILES (600 KM)
   DIAMETER - 3.3 FEET (1 METER)
   LENGTH    - 30 FEET (9.1 METERS)
   WEIGHT    - 13,700 POUNDS (6,200 KG)
   ENGINE    - SOLID PROPELLANT
   GUIDANCE - STRAP DOWN INERTIAL
           GPS SUPPLIED BY ROCKWELL
   C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 100 METERS

   NUMBER DEPLOYED
                    CHINA    = 400
                    SYRIA    = 20

DONG FENG 21 IRBM

RANGE     - 1,200 MILES
WARHEAD - SINGLE 300 KILOTON     THERMONUCLEAR
             NEW X VERSION WITH 250 KILOTON NUCLEAR
ENGINE    - TWO STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - INERTIAL/FIBER OPTIC/GPS
             NEW X VERSION ACTIVE RADAR IMAGING MARV
C.E.P.    -     LESS THAN 200 METERS
             NEW X VERSION ACCURACY RATED AT 10 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                   CHINA    = 90

DONG FENG 21 IRBM

NEW DONG FENG 21 X WITH ACTIVE RADAR IMAGING GUIDED WARHEAD

JULANG 1 GREAT WAVE 1 SLBM

RANGE     - 1,200 MILES
WARHEAD   - SINGLE 300 KILOTON   THERMONUCLEAR
ENGINE    - TWO STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - INERTIAL/FIBER OPTIC/GPS
C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 200 METERS
NUMBER DEPLOYED
                  CHINA    = 16

DONG FENG 25 IRBM

RANGE     - 1,500 MILES
WARHEAD   - THREE 250 KILOTON NUCLEAR
ENGINE    - TWO STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - INERTIAL/FIBER OPTIC
C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 10 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                  CHINA    = 10

DONG FENG 31 ICBM

RANGE     - 7,500 MILES
WARHEAD   - SINGLE 2.5 MEGATON THERMONUCLEAR OR
             THREE 90 KILOTON NUCLEAR
ENGINE    - THREE STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - INERTIAL/FIBER OPTIC
C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 300 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                   CHINA    = (DEVELOPMENT)

The new Dong Feng (EAST WIND) 31 missile performed flawlessly during its first test flight. The DF-31 can reach any city in America and is armed with three nuclear warheads. The DF-31 has Clinton-supplied guidance, nuclear warhead, nose cone and solid rocket engine technologies.

During the visit to China of General Henry Shelton, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and just a few days prior to the American presidential election, Beijing successfully flight tested its new DF-31 inter-continental ballistic missile, reports Bill Gertz in the Washington Times. Defense analysts say the timing of the test was a deliberate political signal to the United States and its allies. During Shelton's visit, Chinese officials repeated Beijing's opposition to US defensive arms sales to Taiwan. The DF-31 test missile utilized several decoy warheads, intended to defeat US missile defenses. The CIA reported last year that China has at least 13 nuclear-capable ICBMs pointed at the United States.

DONG FENG 41 ICBM

RANGE     - 7,500 MILES
WARHEAD   - SINGLE 500 KILOTON MARV EVADER WARHEAD
ENGINE    - THREE STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - INERTIAL/FIBER OPTIC
C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 100 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                   CHINA    = (DEVELOPMENT)

DONG FENG 4 ICBM

RANGE     - 4,500 MILES
WARHEAD   - SINGLE 3 MEGATON   THERMONUCLEAR
ENGINE    - TWO STAGE LIQUID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - STRAP DOWN INERTIAL
C.E.P.    - LESS THAN 300 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                   CHINA    = 20

DONG FENG 5 (CSS-4) ICBM

RANGE     - 7,500 MILES
WARHEAD   - SINGLE 3 MEGATON THERMONUCLEAR
ENGINE    - TWO STAGE LIQUID PROPELLANT
GUIDANCE - STRAP DOWN INERTIAL
C.E.P. - LESS THAN 300 METERS

NUMBER DEPLOYED
                   CHINA    = 20

Softwar source - Adaptation Machtres

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