China loads 100 ICBMs to northern silos
The Pentagon believes China has located over 100 DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missiles at its three newest silo fields. China has around 600 nuclear warheads, but is expected to increase its arsenal to 1,000 by 2030
People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force brigades (nuclear)
New silos
Dong Feng-31
Three-stage, solid propellant
Payload: 1,050-1,750 kg
Range:
7,000-11,000km
Hami
Yumen
Yulin
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
MONGOLIA
RUSSIA
INDIA
TAIWAN
South China Sea
Pacific Ocean
JAPAN
1
3
2
1
2
3
Human to scale
Area
Silos
Hami
1,028km2
110
Each has grid of silos approximately 3km apart
Yumen
1,110km2
120
Yulin
832km2
90
500 miles
800km
Sources: Reuters, FAS, Missile Threat
Picture: Getty Images
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