As the latest model of domestic land-based intercontinental missiles, Dongfeng 41 has been mysteriously covered in layers and the Chinese government has never confirmed its existence before.
However, recently in CCTV 4 sets of "Strait" program, military expert Xu Guangyu introduced in detail the many features of Dongfeng 41.
This is the first time that Chinese government media publicly mentioned the Dongfeng 41 missile.
Prior to this, China was the most powerful and has the longest range and most of the warheads carrying Dongfeng 5 intercontinental missiles.
Dongfeng 5 is China's first generation of intercontinental strategic missiles, stereotyped from 1971 to 1981 and served until now it is still an important nuclear strike force in China.
In 2015, Dongfeng's newest model, Dongfeng 5B, debuted in public for the first time.
Dongfeng 5 uses a liquid-fired fuel, so the volume is huge. Elastic length of more than 32 meters, weighing nearly 200 tons, can be injected before the launch of fuel, so a long time to prepare for launch, the launch site must also be fixed, there is no mobility.
Therefore, despite the tremendous power of Dongfeng 5, it is imperative to develop new mobile ground-based missiles.
Dongfeng 41 missile is the pinnacle of China's land-based intercontinental missiles.
According to Xu Guangyu revealed that the Dongfeng 41 missile weighs more than 60 tons, while foreign media said the Dongfeng 41 16.5 meters long, bullet 2.78 meters, weighs 63.5 tons, compared with Dongfeng 5 total weight decreased by nearly 70%, the warhead weight can be carried 1.6 tons, can carry a single weight of 1.2 tons equivalent to 3,000,000 tons of nuclear bombs, you can also carry six 200 kg 300,000 tons equivalent nuclear warhead, with up to 10 200,000 tons equivalent warhead.
So, to what extent can the power of these nuclear bombs?
As we know, the lethality of a nuclear bomb for a soft target will increase according to the equivalent increase, which is proportional to the 2/3 power of the warhead equivalent. The equivalent increase of 12 times and the damage capability only increase by 3 times. Therefore, the large equivalent single warhead Destruction is less than a small equivalent of multiple warheads.
Merely calculating the lethality of a nuclear warhead overpressure requires a megalo-scale or larger destruction of a city that requires an overpressure of 0.35 kg / cm 2 and a 200,000-ton nuclear bomb to be within 53 km 2 Produce this overpressure.
If Dongfeng 41 carries 200,000-ton nuclear bombs and 10 nuclear bombs are projected evenly, it will destroy 530-square-kilometer cities.
New York, the largest city in the United States, has a total area of only 789 square kilometers. A Dongfeng 41 can destroy almost 70% of the city's area. A smaller city can ensure all-outness.
This is just the power of a nuclear bomb.
So Dongfeng 41 has an unprecedented power to turn things around.
In the range, the Dongfeng 41 up to 12,000 km, and the Dongfeng 5 comparable, but the accuracy of Dongfeng 5 in kilometers, the accuracy of Dongfeng 41 is reduced to 100 meters, for the nuclear bomb, this accuracy is no different from direct hit.
Because Dongfeng 41 uses a solid propellant and motorized launch mode, launch faster and use more flexible.
On the whole, Dongfeng 41 has reached the level of the U.S. "Militia 3" and Russia's "Poplar M" and is capable of destroying any location on Earth.
In addition to using missile launchers for maneuvering on the road, Dongfeng 41 can also rely on the railway to maneuver. Rely on China's well-developed road and rail system, the Dongfeng 41 missile can hardly be tracked.
According to foreign media reports, China has already used the railway to launch the Dongfeng-41 missiles in western China. According to the experts, Dongfeng-41 has conducted eight test-fires and has all achieved success.
This fully proves the reliability of Dongfeng 41, and according to its progress, it will probably serve on a large scale in the first half of next year. By that time, China's nuclear strike capability will reach a very high level and a very high level.