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21 January 2005 |
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http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm |
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China has deployed a brigade of up to eight new road-mobile DF-31 long-range missiles. That's the latest assessment from the authoritative International Institute for Strategic Studies publication, "The Military Balance." China also has 24 DF-5A long-range strategic missiles and 112 intermediate-range DF-4, DF-3A and DF-21 missiles. The assessment that eight DF-31s are operational goes beyond the Pentagon's latest report on Chinese military power made public in May. The Pentagon report stated that the DF-31 is still in development with deployment expected "later this decade." The Pentagon stated that China also is working on two longer-range versions of the DF-31, one that is a solid-fuel ground-based mobile missile and a solid-fuel submarine-launched version. China also is building up its strategic nuclear forces. It is expected to add 10 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) to its arsenal this year and 30 more ICBMs by 2010, the Pentagon report said.
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