- Sputnik International
Asia
Find top stories and features from Asia and the Pacific region. Keep updated on major political stories and analyses from Asia and the Pacific. All you want to know about China, Japan, North and South Korea, India and Pakistan, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

China May Have Deployed Missiles Not Far From Border With Russia

© Photo : Youtube/ 自由の声4DF-41 ICBM
DF-41 ICBM - Sputnik International
Subscribe
One of three Chinese brigades of intercontinental missiles Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) may have been deployed in the northern province of Heilongjiang bordering Russia, local media reported on Tuesday.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping, leave after a meeting with business leader during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, Summit in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. - Sputnik International
Russia, China May Develop Joint Response to US Missile Defense in Asia
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The brigade is said to have been deployed in the Daqinq city, the Apple Daily newspaper reported. Another brigade was reportedly deployed in the city of Xinyang in the central Chinese province of Henan.

The third missile brigade is going to be deployed in the northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to the newspaper.

The DF-41 may carry up to 10 nuclear warheads and hit targets that are up 14,000 kilometers (about 8,700 miles) away from the launch site.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала