The United States is most afraid that other countries can threaten the US mainland, such as Russia, China and other countries have ICBMs that directly hit the US mainland, which also makes the United States dare not act rashly! For countries with ICBMs, if they carry nuclear warheads on ICBMs, the lethality is immeasurable, and even the United States cannot afford the consequences of a nuclear war! For the United States, why is it trying to prevent North Korea and Iran from having nuclear weapons? It is afraid that these countries that are unfriendly to the United States have nuclear weapons in their hands, and once these countries have nuclear weapons, it is equivalent to having a killer weapon, and the United States will not dare to do it easily! And for us, Dongfeng 41, as the most talked about intercontinental missile, is definitely not lip service, looking at the world, there are very few countries that can surpass this intercontinental missile in deterrence!
In the rocket army, everyone is more familiar with the Dongfeng 21D, Dongfeng 26, Dongfeng 17 and Dongfeng 41, as an important part of the three-in-one nuclear strike, the Dongfeng 41 has played a pivotal role in the rocket army, and is one of the most deterrent weapons of our country at present! The maximum range of the Dongfeng-41 ICBM can already reach 14,000 kilometers, which can cover almost every corner of the world, and this strike distance is enough to hit the entire United States! The Dongfeng-41 ICBM can carry up to 10 sub-warheads, and it can also carry decoy warheads, and it can change orbits many times outside the atmosphere, and it is very difficult to intercept them! Once this ICBM carries a nuclear warhead, the lethality it brings is self-evident, and one nuclear warhead is enough to destroy a city!
Dongfeng 41 ICBMs We have at least 2 missile brigades deployed now, each missile brigade can launch 12 missiles at one time, 2 Dongfeng 41 missile brigades can launch up to 24 ICBMs at a time, according to each nuclear warhead can carry up to 10 sub-warheads, 24 Dongfeng-41 ICBMs can carry up to more than 200 sub-warheads, including the decoy warheads carried, it is very difficult to intercept them all! In the face of 24 Dongfeng-41 ICBMs attacking at the same time, will the US military be able to intercept them? It is very difficult to intercept one sub-warhead, let alone all missiles!
The United States has advanced missile defense systems, including the Land-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Sea-based Midcourse Defense (AEGIS) and ship-based interceptor ballistic missile systems (SM-3). These systems use a variety of sensors and *** to track, identify, and destroy invading ballistic missiles. American satellite and radar systems will first detect the launch of the Dongfeng-41 and then use the radar to track the missile's flight trajectory. These radars can provide information such as the speed, direction, and altitude of the missile to help determine the best interception strategy.
Even if the United States is the first to discover the launched Dongfeng-41 intercontinental missile, the possibility of intercepting it in the middle is very small! Once the missile is tracked, the US interception system calculates the best interception point and interception angle, and launches *** to destroy the missile. The GMD system uses *** with high-speed kinetic killers, while the AEGIS and SM-3 systems use *** US missile defense systems with a seeker and a blasting warhead to use a multi-level defense strategy to increase the probability of successful interception. These systems can enhance their defenses by simultaneously emitting multiple *** jamming measures and using decentralized deployments.
Despite the fact that the US missile defense system has been developed and improved over the years, it still has certain limitations. For example, the number of ** is limited and it is not possible to intercept a large number of invading missiles at the same time. In addition, the high-speed flight and complex flight trajectory of the Dongfeng-41 missile may increase the difficulty of interception. The United States has repeatedly tested land-based mid-course anti-missile systems, but it is a mixed blessing, and the United States cannot guarantee that it will be able to intercept intercontinental missiles!
Whether the United States will be able to successfully intercept 24 DF-41 missiles depends on a number of factors, including the capabilities of the missile defense system, the effectiveness of the interception strategy, and various factors in the actual confrontation. However, the United States may not be able to intercept a single sub-warhead with 30 missiles, so it is almost impossible to intercept all the sub-warheads of 24 Dongfeng-41 intercontinental missiles! The US military is simply unable to effectively intercept it, and even if it is lucky enough to intercept individual warheads, it will not help! So if you really move seriously, the United States can't take advantage, and the huge lethality brought by Dongfeng 41 is enough to make the U.S. military dare not act rashly!