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DF 25

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Type
  
IRBM

Launch platform
  
Mobile launcher

Operational range
  
3,200 km (2,000 mi)

Warhead
  
1 or multiple (up to 3) nuclear or conventional warheads (HE, FAE, EMP), maneuvering reentry vehicles

Engine
  
two-stage solid-propellant rocket

Guidance system
  
Inertial guidance/BeiDou Navigation Satellite System + terminal active radar homing guidance

DF-25 (Dong Feng-25) was a Chinese two-stage, solid-propellant, mobile-launch Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). Some reports state it could deliver a single or multiple conventional warheads weighing 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) over a maximum distance of 3,200 km. There are conflicting reports on whether the DF-25 entered service, and if so, when. The U.S. Department of Defense in its 2013 report to Congress on China's military developments made no mention of the DF-25 as a missile in service.

References

DF-25 Wikipedia