Chinese Ballistic Missile Designations and Characteristics

China has six types of operational land based nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, the DF-3A, DF-4, DF-5/5A, DF-11, DF-15, and the DF-21/21X. China flight tested the DF-31 in August 1999, but it is unknown if it has been deployed. A longer range road mobile ballistic missile, the DF-41, is also being developed, but has not been flight tested. China has only one type of operational submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the Julang-1. Twelve Julang-1 are deployed on China's single Xia-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine (SSBN). The warheads for the Julang-1 are believed to be stored at the Jianggezhuang Submarine Base. China is developing a longer range SLBM known as the JL-2 which is the sea-based version of the DF-31. The JL-2 has not yet been tested from any submarines.

• Ballistic Missile Category	China	US Department of Defense	International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
  Short-range (SRBM)	Under 1,000 km	Under 1,100 km	Under 800 km
  Medium-range (MRBM)	1,000 km - 3,000 km	1,100 - 2,750 km	800 - 2,400 km
  Intermediate-range (IRBM)	3,000 km - 4,800 km	2,750 - 5,500 km	2,400 - 5,500 km
  Long-range (LRBM)	3,000 km - 8,000 km	--	--
  Intercontinental-range (ICBM)	Over 8,000 km	5,500 - 14,800 km	Over 5,500 km