One of China’s most advanced hypersonic missiles, the DF-27 – a weapon that could strike all major US bases in the Asia-Pacific – has been in service for more than four years, a military source has ...

Umbra imagery shows DF-26 IRBM TELs at the Beijing Xinghang Electromechanical Equipment Factory. (SAR data © 2024 Umbra Lab, Inc. (Licensed under CC BY 4.0)/© 2025 ...

An image of a hypersonic glider-like object broadcast by Chinese state media in October 2017. No known images of the DF-17’s hypersonic glide vehicle exist in the public domain. Credit: CCTV screen ...

While China has said that the road-mobile DF-17 is a conventional platform, the Pentagon has determined that it may be equipped with nuclear warheads. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) China's Dong ...

The showstopper of China’s military parade in Beijing last week was a liquid-fuel intercontinental strategic nuclear missile known as the DF-5C. As the new system was unveiled on three heavy-lift ...