By 2018, the China's People's Liberation Army will be armed with a new multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile, Donseng-41 that can reach anywhere in the world in minutes according to the Global Times.
The Dongfeng-41 which has a reported speed over Mach 10 has three-stage solid-fuel missile with a range of at least 12,000 KM, “It can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads, each of which can target separately and uses dummy flares to throw off enemy air defense systems.
According to Sputnik, the missile has been put through series of test since 2012 leading analyst to believe that it must have progressed considerably as the PLA declared it at operational capacity.
The missile has a range of 10,000 to 12,000 kilometers, uses solid fuel propellant, has an estimated length of 15 meters and a diameter of about 2 meters, and has a mass of roughly 30,000 kilograms according to Global Security.
Since 2012, the missile has been tested by the PLA eight times and series of advanced features has been incorporated into the ICBM to make it a masterpiece and with the capability to evade any air defense system in the world.
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