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Full article here.By Hans M. Kristensen
The biggest surprise in the Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military power is the claim that China’s ICBM force now includes the “multiple independently-targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV)-equipped Mod 3 (DF-5).”
This is (to my knowledge) the first time the US Intelligence Community has made a public claim that China has fielded a MIRVed missile system.
If so, China joins the club of four other nuclear-armed states that have deployed MIRV for decades: Britain, France, Russia and the United States.
For China to join the MIRV club strains China’s claim of having a minimum nuclear deterrent. It is another worrisome sign that China – like the other nuclear-armed states – are trapped in a dynamic technological nuclear arms competition.
http://fas.org/blogs/security/2015/05/china-mirv/
Pentagons Chinese military power 2015 report here.
http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2015_China_Military_Power_Report.pdf
DF-31 warhead is estimated to weight roughly 450 kg's so DF-5B should be able to haul at least four of them.
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