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China has tested the latest version of the DF-5C ICBM, capable of delivering 10 warheads at a range of 15 thousand kilometers

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China conducted another test of a new Intercontinental ballistic missile, the DF-5C with a maximum range of 12 to 15 thousand kilometers. This is reported by the Chinese military blogs in the social network Weibo, China.

According to reports, the missile launch was performed from the spaceport Taiyuan North-West of the eponymous city in Shanxi province. The rocket warheads, breaking the prescribed distance, hit the target on the ground in Western China, presumably, in the Taklamakan desert in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region.

DF-5C is a two-stage liquid propellant ICBM with multiple-warhead with 10 blocks of individual guidance, each of which can carry a nuclear warhead. The previous version of the missile, an ICBM DF-5B was carrying six to eight warheads. According to unofficial sources, the IDB Dongfeng 5 (DF-5) is a special shaft. Length MBR - 32.6 m, diameter – 3.35 m and a weight of 183 tons. The range of objectives from 12 to 15 thousand kilometers.

First test of the latest version of ICBMs, the DF-5C was reported in 2017, and wrote about it, the US press, citing U.S. intelligence, very carefully monitoring the development of Beijing in this area. After all, a potential opponent, after all. As it was reported the missile was also launched from the Baikonur Taiyuan in Shanxi province, she brought 10 inert warheads on the ground in a desert area in the West of China.

Chinese launch site Taiyuan is located at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level near the town of the same name in the County Kalani urban County in Xinzhou, Shanxi province. The launch site is used for testing and launch scientific satellites, applied satellites and rockets.

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