China’s most powerful nuclear missile
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Dongfeng-41, China’s newest and longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), is thought to be capable of striking the U.S. in around 30 minutes, with up to 10 warheads for separate targets
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REACH OF CHINA’S ICBMs
China has had nuclear missile capable of reaching U.S. since 1980s, but lack of mobility of Dongfeng-5 and insufficient payload of Dongfeng 31-A have limited its effectiveness
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Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) 

Configuration Three-stages

Propellant  Solid 

Diameter 2.25m 

Launch weight 80 tonnes

Warhead Up to 10 MIRV*

Payload  2,500kg

Max. speed Mach 25 
           (30,870km/h)
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Dongfeng-31
7,200km
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Dongfeng-31A
11,200km
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Dongfeng-5
13,000km
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CHINA
U.S.

Heilongjiang province:
Best launch location for missile to cover U.S.

Dongfeng-41
13,500km
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DF-41 can be launched from road or rail, as well as conventional silo base
DF-41 capability is similar to U.S.’s LGM-30G Minuteman III and Russia’s RT-2PM2 Topol-M
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Length: 21m

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*Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle

Sources: Stratfor, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, CSIS © GRAPHIC NEWS