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DF-31
The
Dong Feng 31
(;
NATO
reporting name CSS-9) is a long-range, road-mobile, three stage,
Solid-fuel rocket
intercontinental ballistic missile
(ICBM) in the
Dongfeng missile
series developed by the
People's Republic of China
. It is designed to carry a single 1-
megaton
thermonuclear weapon
. It is a land-based variant of the
submarine-launched
JL-2
. It is operated by the
Second Artillery Corps
(SAC) which, in 2009, was estimated to have under 15 DF-31 missiles and under 15 DF-31A missiles in inventory. It is not known how many missiles of this type the SAC currently has.
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