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<a class="fancybox" rel="6b4dcda3da59a38978592dfd8d8bef6a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/027/542/for_gallery_v2/df31_icbm.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/027/542/large_v3/df31_icbm.jpg" alt="Df31 icbm" /></a></div></div>A first frontal view of a new TEL made by the Tai'an Corporation that could be for the new "DF-31B" ICBM reportedly tested in September 2014. Source: Chinese Internet<br /><br />From: IHS Jane's Defence Weekly<br /><br />Recent testimony by the commander of US Strategic Forces Command and recent images of a Chinese transporter erector launcher (TEL) point to a potential new variant of the solid-fuel DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).<br /><br />In testimony given before the US House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee on 26 February, Admiral Cecil D Haney said China is "enhancing existing silo-based ICBMs, conducting flight tests of a new mobile missile and developing a follow-on mobile system capable of carrying multiple warheads".<br /><br />Previous US statements or reports have mentioned the liquid-fuelled silo-based DF-5A and the solid-fuelled, mobile and multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV)-equipped DF-41. Haney's mention of "a follow-on mobile system capable of carrying multiple warheads" may be an indirect reference to the DF-31B.<br /><br />The Washington Free Beacon reported on 2 October 2014 that a DF-31B was tested on 25 September 2014 but provided no other details.<br /><br />On 19 February Chinese military web pages showed a new 16-wheel off-road-capable TEL with a four-door cab similar to previous ICBM TELs produced by the Tai'an Company. Partial views of the same TEL appeared on Chinese web pages in mid-2013.<br /><br />Tai'an has produced tractor-trailer truck-based TELs for the 8,000 km-range DF-31 and 11,200 km-range DF-31A ICBM and a larger 16 wheel off-road TEL for the 11,000-12,000 km-range DF-41.<br /><br />All of these ICBMs are made by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).<br /><br />The latest TEL differs from that of the DF-41 in that cab rests entirely before the missile tube, whereas the DF-41 missile tube straddles the top of its TEL's cab. Chinese sources suggest this TEL is for the DF-31B.<br /><br />Whereas the DF-31 and DF-31A have a single pair of aft-mounted mechanisms for elevating the missile to launch position, the newer TEL appears to feature elevating mechanisms both fore and aft the missile tube. This could indicate that the DF-31B has heavier second and third stages.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.janes.com/article/49693/evidence-emerges-of-possible-df-31-icbm-variant">http://www.janes.com/article/49693/evidence-emerges-of-possible-df-31-icbm-variant</a>Evidence emerges of possible DF-31 ICBM variant2015-03-04T08:25:11-05:00IHS Jane's510814<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-27542"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="1e99d99cac04ccbd5daa80bced7c840e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/027/542/for_gallery_v2/df31_icbm.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/027/542/large_v3/df31_icbm.jpg" alt="Df31 icbm" /></a></div></div>A first frontal view of a new TEL made by the Tai'an Corporation that could be for the new "DF-31B" ICBM reportedly tested in September 2014. Source: Chinese Internet<br /><br />From: IHS Jane's Defence Weekly<br /><br />Recent testimony by the commander of US Strategic Forces Command and recent images of a Chinese transporter erector launcher (TEL) point to a potential new variant of the solid-fuel DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).<br /><br />In testimony given before the US House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee on 26 February, Admiral Cecil D Haney said China is "enhancing existing silo-based ICBMs, conducting flight tests of a new mobile missile and developing a follow-on mobile system capable of carrying multiple warheads".<br /><br />Previous US statements or reports have mentioned the liquid-fuelled silo-based DF-5A and the solid-fuelled, mobile and multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV)-equipped DF-41. Haney's mention of "a follow-on mobile system capable of carrying multiple warheads" may be an indirect reference to the DF-31B.<br /><br />The Washington Free Beacon reported on 2 October 2014 that a DF-31B was tested on 25 September 2014 but provided no other details.<br /><br />On 19 February Chinese military web pages showed a new 16-wheel off-road-capable TEL with a four-door cab similar to previous ICBM TELs produced by the Tai'an Company. Partial views of the same TEL appeared on Chinese web pages in mid-2013.<br /><br />Tai'an has produced tractor-trailer truck-based TELs for the 8,000 km-range DF-31 and 11,200 km-range DF-31A ICBM and a larger 16 wheel off-road TEL for the 11,000-12,000 km-range DF-41.<br /><br />All of these ICBMs are made by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).<br /><br />The latest TEL differs from that of the DF-41 in that cab rests entirely before the missile tube, whereas the DF-41 missile tube straddles the top of its TEL's cab. Chinese sources suggest this TEL is for the DF-31B.<br /><br />Whereas the DF-31 and DF-31A have a single pair of aft-mounted mechanisms for elevating the missile to launch position, the newer TEL appears to feature elevating mechanisms both fore and aft the missile tube. This could indicate that the DF-31B has heavier second and third stages.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.janes.com/article/49693/evidence-emerges-of-possible-df-31-icbm-variant">http://www.janes.com/article/49693/evidence-emerges-of-possible-df-31-icbm-variant</a>Evidence emerges of possible DF-31 ICBM variant2015-03-04T08:25:11-05:002015-03-04T08:25:11-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member510868<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmmmm someone is getting ready for something....are we?Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 9:04 AM2015-03-04T09:04:42-05:002015-03-04T09:04:42-05:002015-03-04T08:25:11-05:00