DF-21D
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ChinaManufacturer: CASC / Sanjiang Space Group
«Dongfeng-21D / CSS-5 Mod 5 / 'Carrier-killer'»
BallisticMRBM — medium range (1000-3000 km)China2010In service
World's first operational ASBM, Chinese MRBM with terminal maneuvering guidance against aircraft carriers.
Ballistic//MRBM — medium range (1000-3000 km)
ID — DF-21DChina · CASC / Sanjiang Space Group
Dongfeng-21D / CSS-5 Mod 5 / 'Carrier-killer'
World's first operational ASBM, Chinese MRBM with terminal maneuvering guidance against aircraft carriers.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- DF-21D
- Alias
- Dongfeng-21D / CSS-5 Mod 5 / 'Carrier-killer'
- Manufacturer
- CASC / Sanjiang Space Group
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2010
- Category
- Ballistic
- All sub-types
- MRBM — medium range (1000-3000 km)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 1500 km
- Top speed
- Mach 10
- Guidance
- INS + Beidou + radar attivo terminale + MaRV manovrante
- Warhead
- Convenzionale HE/penetratrice ~600 kg (varianti nucleari su DF-21A/C)
- CEP
- 40 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- TEL stradale 10x10 (HTF5680A)
- Length
- 10.7 m
- Launch weight
- 14700 kg
Production & inventory
- Estimated inventory
- ≈150 missili / 80 lanciatori (US DoD 2023)
Tags
Anti-shipNuclear-capable
Main operators
China
History
Derived from the nuclear DF-21A MRBM, DF-21D entered service around 2010 and is the world's first explicitly anti-carrier weapon, embedded in a kill-chain with OTH radars, Yaogan satellites and UAVs.
Together with DF-26 and DF-17 hypersonic, it forms the core of China's A2/AD strategy in the Western Pacific.
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