China
has reportedly tested a new modification of its Dongfeng-5 ICBM
capable of carrying a payload of 10 individual warheads. The test may
indicate a shift in China’s nuclear policy or an attempt to put
pressure on the Trump administration, experts say.
In
the flight test of the DF-5C missile conducted in January, the rocket
was fired from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center in central China and
to an impact range in the western Taklamakan desert, reports the
Washington Free Beacon’s senior editor, Bill Gertz, citing US
defense sources.
The
missile was carrying a multiple independently targetable reentry
vehicle (MIRV) bus containing ten inert warheads. Earlier versions of
the DF-5 have either a single warhead or from six to eight MIRVs,
according to estimates.
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