DF-16 short-range ballistic missiles in a 2015 parade.
(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
BEIJING – A highly accurate Chinese ballistic missile capable of threatening U. S. and Japanese bases in Asia has made its latest appearance at recent Rocket Force drills.
The medium-range DF-16 featured in a video posted last week on the Defense Ministry’s website showing the missiles aboard their 10-wheeled mobile launch vehicles being deployed in deep forest during exercises over the just-concluded Lunar New Year holiday.
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While the Rocket Force boasts an extensive armory of missiles of various ranges, the DF-16 fills a particular role in extending China’s reach over waters it seeks to control within what it calls the «first-island chain.
