As one of the strongest missiles in China, the existence of Dongfeng series missiles has always been one of the reasons why our country can maintain the status quo and develop peacefully, and it is also a topic that our people are talking about.
Do you know how powerful the Dongfeng series of missiles is? Why is it that once it locks on to its target and launches, even the United States cannot intercept it?
In the last century, because of the needs of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, China received strong assistance from the Soviet Union, including heavy ** such as Katyusha. At the same time, the Soviet Union also helped our country build some initial facilities for heavy industry in the northeast region, laying the foundation for the development of China's heavy industry after the war.
It is against this background that our country began to work on the development of ballistic missiles.
Under the command of China, China began to refer to the Soviet P-2 missile in 1958 for research and development, and two years later in 1960 successfully developed China's first short-range ground-to-surface strategic missile, the emergence of this missile marks a major breakthrough in China's national defense technology.
The DF-10A cruise missile started the research and development process of China's ballistic missiles. In just a few decades, China has developed a variety of Dongfeng missiles, until today. However, these missiles can only be regarded as China's first-generation ballistic missiles, and there is a certain gap between their technology, scientific and technological content, and use with China's second-generation ballistic missiles.
The research and development of China's second-generation ballistic missiles began in 1985, when China already had mature first-generation ballistic missile research and development technology, and in order to cope with the more complex international situation, China began to develop second-generation ballistic missiles with higher technology and richer scientific and technological content.
China's DF-11 ballistic missile is the forerunner of the second generation of Dongfeng missiles, which were developed and mass-produced and sold around the world. After the successful research and development, China immediately devoted itself to the research and development of second-generation ballistic missiles and continued to innovate, and there are now a variety of second-generation ballistic missiles.
Dongfeng-41 is the most well-known of China's second-generation ballistic missiles, and its research and development began in 1984, when China's ballistic missile technology has reached a fairly mature level, laying a solid foundation for the research and development of Dongfeng-41.
In 1994, the test launch of the DF-41 ballistic missile was successfully completed, which was originally planned to be demonstrated at the National Day parade in 1999. However, due to the relatively backward automotive technology in our country at that time, it failed to solve the problem of transportation of the Dongfeng-41 ballistic missile, and had to postpone the time of its debut.
In the 21st century, although China has solved the problem of carrying vehicles for the Dongfeng-41 missile, with the advancement of technology, there is still room for improvement of the Dongfeng-41 missile.
Therefore, after many refinements, it was not until the National Day parade in 2019 that the Dongfeng-41 missile was officially unveiled. As soon as it appeared, it immediately attracted national and even global attention, becoming the hottest topic at the time, and countless military enthusiasts were enthusiastically discussing this advanced ballistic missile.
At the same time, the basic data and situation of the DF-41 missile were also made known to the public.
The Dongfeng-41 missile, as the most powerful ballistic missile in China's Dongfeng series of missiles, weighs more than 50 tons, is nearly 17 meters long, carries a powerful warhead, and has a range covering short-range, medium-range, long-range, intercontinental and other fields, and is the most comprehensive range missile in China.
Not only that, it also has a variety of advantages such as fast speed and high precision, with a strike accuracy of up to 100 meters and a strike range of up to 100 square kilometers, which can be called the king of missiles.
The DF-41, China's newest intercontinental missile, with its terrifying speed and unlimited range, has attracted widespread attention across the country and even the world. It can reach Tokyo in 4 minutes, London in 16 minutes, and New York in 20 minutes, which is amazing.
Its power is outstanding, the range is extremely long, and it is known as China"The most important weapon of the country", highly respected by netizens.
Although the DF-41 is powerful, the high manufacturing cost cannot be ignored. China is already trying its best to reduce production costs, but each DF-41 ballistic missile still needs about 300 million US dollars (or 2 billion yuan) of investment
Although the DF-17 hypervelocity missile has a range of only 1800-2500 kilometers and a relatively low flight speed, only about Mach 10, it is not inferior to the DF-41 missile.
On the contrary, its all-weather, unsupported, and strong penetration capabilities make it even surpass the DF-41 in some aspects.
The DF-17's breakthrough capability is unrivaled, and no country in the world can intercept it, not even the United States. The reason behind this is very simple, stemming from the "Qian Xuesen ballistic" design idea proposed by Mr. Qian Xuesen in the last century.
The crux of the theory is that a warhead-loaded vehicle is sent into the atmosphere by means of a rocket launcher and a controlled gliding flight is carried out within the atmosphere. In this way, the missile can be aimed at the target during the fall and finally complete the attack mission.
To put it simply, it is a clever combination of ballistic missile and aircraft missile technology, so that the DF-17 ballistic missile not only retains the penetration of traditional ballistic missiles, but also has the flexibility of flying missiles.
In this way, the flight trajectory of the DF-17 ballistic missile can be artificially controlled and has a higher strike accuracy.
The core of Qian Xuesen's ballistic theory is the unique flight trajectory of the DF-17 missile. Unlike the parabola of conventional missiles, its flight path is a curve, capable of attacking targets from multiple angles, making it difficult for the enemy to intercept and defend.
This is also why the DF-17 missile has been described as "something that even the United States cannot intercept." Because for general parabolic missiles, as long as they have enough computing power, they can ** and intercept their flight paths.
And the curved trajectory of the DF-17 missile makes this kind of ** extremely difficult.