CHINA-ICBM: DF-31B
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Wantchina Times stated on March 18, 2015, that China had successfully carried out a launch test for the DF-31B from a mobile launcher. The solid fuel-powered missile can carry multiple warheads and give the country a second-strike capability. The missile was launched from a four-door, sixteen-wheel mobile launcher that looks similar to its Russian counterpart. Details of the DF-31B have yet to be revealed, but a Russian expert was quoted as saying its greatest advantage is its short launch time as it only takes five minutes for the missile to launch and enter its trajectory, making detection difficult. The missile can also avoid interception since it flies in an S-shaped curve. It is China's first intercontinental ballistic missile able to be launched from a mobile launcher.
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