This is a child group of Ballistic Missiles, collecting the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's ballistic missiles developed by China: the Dong Feng, or DF, family spanning the short-range DF-11 and DF-15, the medium-range DF-21 and DF-26 and the hypersonic-glide-equipped DF-17, alongside the JL-1 submarine-launched system and the export-oriented B-611. With 14 attested members this traces China's own ballistic missile programs from their earliest short-range and submarine-launched systems through the medium and intermediate-range systems that now form a central part of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force's own arsenal.
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Era of Emergence All Ballistic Missiles of China
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Dongfeng (missile)
WikipediaDongfeng (missile), History, Dongfeng 1 (SS-2) sectionQuote, Dongfeng (missile), History, Dongfeng 1 (SS-2) section
In November 1960, the Chinese launched their first ballistic missile, which was a DF-1 fitted with a dummy warhead.
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