Well, don't know what this is, but awesome sight anyhow…

DF-31A

From the NRDC Nuclear Notebook: http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/nukenotes/nd03nukenote.html

“China is also developing a modified version of the DF-31, the DF-31A. With an extended range of up to 12,000 kilometers, the DF-31A is sometimes confused with the DF-41, now canceled. Its precise range is unknown. Deployment is predicted to occur between 2006 and 2010. It may replace or supplement the DF-5A. According to the CIA, the DF-31A may be targeted against the United States and be tested “within the next several years.” With a shorter range and a lighter payload than its predecessor, the DF-31A will be less capable of penetrating a potential U.S. missile defense system.”

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Claimed as the latter, Crob. Who knows however.

Source: http://www.wforum.com/specials/upload/20040930117.jpg

Source: http://www.wforum.com/specials/upload/20040930118.jpg

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Those look alot more like the JL-1/DF-21

China notified Russia of the test launchings of DF-31, DF-41 and JL-2 recently.

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Claimed as the latter, Crob. Who knows however.

Source: http://www.wforum.com/specials/upload/20040930117.jpg

Source: http://www.wforum.com/specials/upload/20040930118.jpg

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This? Picked up from the pages of WMF. Cool isn’t it?

The NMD interceptors I believe are white in colour. This missile is clearly a dark colour.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2004-09/30/xinsrc_492090130072259319751.jpg

Did they notify the US? If so, then we might be able to confirm for sure the designations.

There is no DF-41 designation now, as far as I have discovered. Likely to be a DF-31A, which is apprently the modified longer range version of the standard DF-31.

China notified Russia of the test launchings of DF-31, DF-41 and JL-2 recently.

DF-11? Could be…

Could it be this?:

I’d go for Iskander (E) or whatever Chinese copy there is of this missile…

The NMD interceptors I believe are white in colour. This missile is clearly a dark colour.

Anyone who thinks thats an ICBM isn’t really paying attention- compare the size of it to the truck in that photo. It’s too small.

China’s northern and western frontiers could easily fit the description above.

But, the scenery looks so Navadaish, maybe Wyoming.
And the missile from the distance doesn’t looks very ICBMish. Could Xinhua be
running a story on the US’s NMD system and attached pics of test? All the DF’s, far as I
understand, are much larger in size the one on this pic.

There is no DF-41 designation now, as far as I have discovered. Likely to be a DF-31A, which is apprently the modified longer range version of the standard DF-31.

DF-41 ICBM. Xinhua is state controlled news. If that’s really from Xinhua, it’s coming out from the lion’s mouth.