Is Missile: | yes |
DF-25 | |
Type: | IRBM |
Engine: | two-stage solid-propellant rocket |
Vehicle Range: | 3200km (2,000miles)[1] |
Filling: | 1 or more (up to 3) nuclear or conventional warheads. |
Guidance: | Inertial guidance/BeiDou Navigation Satellite System + terminal active radar homing guidance[2] |
Launch Platform: | road-mobile Transporter erector launcher |
DF-25 (Dong Feng-25) was a Chinese two-stage, solid-propellant, road-mobile Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). Missilethreat.com stated it could deliver a single or multiple conventional warheads weighing 1800kg (4,000lb) over a maximum distance of 3,200 km to 4,000 km.[2]
There are conflicting reports on whether the DF-25 entered service, and if so, when.[3] The Federation of American Scientists notes reports that China had abandoned development of the DF-25 in 1996.[3] 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.[4]