China’s growing missile force

China is reportedly modernizing its nuclear arsenal, constructing dozens of missile silos to accommodate newer-generation solid-fuelled Dong Feng-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)


Existing silos 
Silo construction

Jilantai training area: At least 16 new missile silos in Inner Mongolia

Gansu province: 119 missile silos under construction

MONGOLIA 
RUSSIA
CHINA  
Wuzhai (Shanxi)
Beijing
INDIA
Hanzhong, (Shaanxi)
Luoyang (Henan)
Huaihua
(Hunan)
Sundian
JAPAN
East China Sea
TAIWAN
South China Sea
800km 500 miles


Dong Feng-5, DF-5 (NATO designation CSS-4) 
Two-stage, liquid-propellant missile.
Range: 10,000-13,000km. Silo-based DF-5B has three warheads, DF-5C has up to 10 warheads. Brigades: Huaihua (Hunan province), Luoyang (Henan). Silos also at Wuzhai (Shanxi)

DF-41 (CSS-20). Three-stage solid fuel.
Range: 12,000-15,000km. Up to 10 warheads. 
Brigades: Hanzhong (Shaanxi province), and Huaihua


Warhead inventories (Jan 2021, estimates)
			Deployed 	Stockpiled/retired	Total
United States 		1,800 		3,750			5,550
Russia 			1,625		4,630			6,255
China					350			350


Sources: Federation of American Scientists, Global Security, Janes, SIPRI
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