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Land-Based Strategic Nuclear Weapons
Dong Feng - 3/3A IRBM (CSS-2)
Year deployed: 1969
Dimensions: 19 meters (length), 2.25 meters (diameter)
Weight: 55,000 kilograms
Propulsion: Single-stage liquid
Range: 2,000 or 3,000 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial or radio command
Warhead: Single warhead
Locations: Dalong, Liuchingkou, Xi'an, Kunming, Jianshui, Liankengwang, Xuanhua, Fengrun, and Itu, among other regions.
Number deployed: 50 missiles


Dong Feng-4 ICBM (CSS-3)
Dong Feng 4 Year deployed: 1978
Dimensions: 31 meters (length), 2.25 meters (diameter)
Weight: 82,000 kilograms
Propulsion: 2-stage liquid
Range: 7,000 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial
Warhead: Single warhead
Locations: Qinghai, Tongdao, and Sundian
Number deployed: 20 missiles


Dong Feng-5/5A ICBM (CSS-4)
Dong Feng 5 Year deployed: 1981
Dimensions: 35 meters (length), 3.35 meters (diameter)
Weight: 190,000 kilograms
Propulsion: 2-stage liquid fuel
Range: 11,000 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial
Warhead: Single warhead
Locations: Luoning, Jiuquan space launch site, Wuzhai test range
Number deployed: 7 missiles


Dong Feng-15 SRBM (CSST-600 or M-9)
Dong Feng 15 Year deployed: 1991
Dimensions: 9.1 meters (length), 1.0 meter (diameter)
Weight: 6,200 kilograms
Propulsion: Solid propellant
Range: 600 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial
Warhead: Single warhead
Locations: Unknown
Number deployed: Unknown


Dong Feng-21/21A IRBM (CSS-6)
Dong Feng 21 Year deployed: 1988
Dimensions: 10.7 meters (length), 1.4 meters (diameter)
Weight: 14,700 kilograms
Propulsion: 2-stage Solid fuel
Range: 1,800 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial
Warhead: Single warhead
Locations: Unknown
Number deployed: 36 missiles




Sea-Based Strategic Nuclear Weapons
Julang 1 Julang 1 (CSS-N-3)
Year deployed: 1986
Dimensions: 10 meters (length), 1.5 meters (diameter)
Weight: 13,800 kilograms
Propulsion: 2-stage Solid
Range: 2,700 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial
Warhead: Single warhead
Location: Xia submarine
Number deployed: 12 missiles




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