China releases video of missile that can 'hit anywhere in the world'

Chinese media said the country could field the DF-41 ICBM model with the ability to carry up to 10 nuclear warheads by early 2018.

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China Central Television (CCTV) on November 26 posted a video of Beijing testing its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Dongfeng 41 (DF-41) at an undisclosed location, Sputnik reported on November 28.

Since its development, the Chinese military has conducted a total of eight test launches of the long-range missile, the most recent of which took place in early November in a secret desert in the west of the country.

Global Times, a publication of People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, said that this missile line capable of "hitting anywhere in the world" will officially go into operation in the first half of 2018.

The DF-41 is said to have a maximum speed of about 12,350 km/h, equipped with many features to deceive enemy defense systems. This type of ICBM can also carry up to 10 independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) nuclear warheads.

The DF-41 is 15 meters long, two meters in diameter, weighs 30 tons, uses solid fuel and has a maximum range of 12,000 km. Each missile can carry 10 MIRV warheads or decoys.

According to VNE