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日报道，12月13日，中国在山西省中部的导弹基地再度进行了东风-41洲际导弹试射。
这是中国东风-41公路机动洲际弹道导弹的第二次试射，该导弹可以装备10个分导式弹
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: 【美媒：中国12月13日第二次试射东风-41导弹】美国《华盛顿自由灯塔》网站12月17
: 日报道，12月13日，中国在山西省中部的导弹基地再度进行了东风-41洲际导弹试射。
: 这是中国东风-41公路机动洲际弹道导弹的第二次试射，该导弹可以装备10个分导式弹
: 头。上次东风-41试射是在2012年7月24日
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发帖数: 5601 | 5 http://freebeacon.com/china-conducts-second-flight-test-of-new-
China's military conducted the second flight test of its newest long-range
missile that is capable of hitting targets in the United States with a
nuclear warhead, according to defense officials.
The flight test of the new Dong Feng-41, or DF-41, took place Friday from
the Wuzhai missile launch center in Shanxi province to an impact range in
western China, said officials familiar with details of the tests.
It was the second test of the new, road-mobile, long-range ICBM that U.S.
intelligence agencies assess will be outfitted with up to 10 multiple,
independently-targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs.
Prior to Friday's flight test, the last DF-41 flight test took place July 24
, 2012.
Pentagon spokesmen did not return emails seeking comment on the missile test.
The most recent test indicates that China's long-range missile development
is continuing, and the missile is raising new concerns about China's
professed nuclear doctrine of not being the first to use nuclear weapons in
a conflict.
Disclosure of the nuclear missile flight test comes as tensions remain
heightened between the United States and China over the near collision
between the USS Cowpens, a guided missile cruiser, and a Chinese navy tank
landing ship in the South China Sea on Dec. 5.
The State Department and Pentagon protested the incident, which involved the
Chinese ship stopping in the path of the Cowpens, forcing the cruiser to
make an abrupt maneuver to avoid a collision. The incident took place near
China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning.
The DF-41, with its range of between 6,835 miles and 7,456 miles and
expected multiple-warhead capability, is viewed as a potential "first strike
" weapon, or a weapon capable of carrying out a surprise nuclear attack that
would knock out an enemy's arsenal and limit its counterstrike capability.
A report by the Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center made
public in May referred to China's development of a new long-range missile
with multiple warheads, in addition to current long-range DF-31 and DF-31A
mobile ICBMs.
"China has the most active and diverse ballistic missile development program
in the world," the NASCI report said. "It is developing and testing
offensive missiles, forming additional missile units, qualitatively
upgrading missile systems, and developing methods to counter ballistic
missile defenses."
"The Chinese ballistic missile force is expanding in both size and types of
missiles."
Without mentioning the DF-41, the report said, "China may also be developing
a new road-mobile ICBM capable of carrying a MIRV payload, and the number
of warheads on Chinese ICBMs capable of threatening the United States is
expected to grow to well over 100 in the next 15 years."
Defense officials said the report was referring to the DF-41.
Rick Fisher, a China military affairs expert and senior fellow at the
International Assessment and Strategy Center, said reports of the latest DF-
41 test coincide with disclosures on Chinese military enthusiast websites
showing a new 18-wheel transporter erector launcher for the new DF-41.
"It appears that this new large MIRV-capable ICBM is making progress toward
achieving an operational status," Fisher said.
Fisher said there are reports that the Second Artillery Corps, as China's
missile service is called, includes at least one reload missile for each
mobile missile-launcher system.
If the new DF-41 is deployed in the future with a reload missile per
launcher, it would vastly increase the numbers of nuclear warheads in the
Chinese arsenal, as many as 120 to 240 warheads for each DF-41 unit.
"What this means is that Obama administration suggestions that the United
States can continue to reduce its number of deployed warheads, perhaps to 1,
000 or less, is simply irrational," Fisher said.
"What we know and don't know about China's ability to rapidly increase its
warhead numbers points to an unacceptable level of risk for the United
States."
In addition to the DF-41, China also has begun to deploy its submarine-
launched ballistic missile called the JL-2 and may develop a follow-on JL-2A
with up to three warheads.
"Inasmuch as the U.S. Navy estimates there will be up to five of the 12-
missile carrying Type 094 nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines, this
at least indicates that [missile submarines] could become another source
for fast Chinese warhead growth," he said.
The publication Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems reported in 2012 that the
Chinese were developing the DF-41, also designated the CSS-X-10, and that it
is intended to replace easy-to-target silo-based DF-5 and DF-5A missiles.
Larry Wortzel, a former military intelligence officer and member of the
congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, told the
House Armed Services Committee in testimony last month that the new DF-41 is
part of China's growing nuclear missile arsenal.
"China is enhancing its nuclear deterrent capability by modernizing its
nuclear force," Wortzel said Nov. 20. "It is taking measures such as
developing a new road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the
DF-41. This missile could be equipped with a multiple independently
targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV), allowing it to carry as many as 10
nuclear warheads."
Wortzel said the Chinese, in addition to MIRVs, could outfit their missiles
with "penetration aids" designed to defeat U.S. missile defenses. China also
may be developing rail-mobile ICBMs, he said.
The Chinese nuclear buildup could have a profound impact on regional
security. China recently has been bullying its neighbors, specifically Japan
and Philippines, over islands and maritime claims.
"When China achieves a position of nuclear parity or even superiority, we
can expect that it will make far more vigorous demands on the United States
that could diminish the security of America and its friends and allies,"
Fisher said.
Mark Stokes, a former Pentagon official and specialist on China's strategic
nuclear systems has said the DF-41 has been mentioned in Chinese military
writings and appears to involve a larger, solid fuel rocket motor derived
from the DF-31 series ICBMS.
Ground tests of the DF-41 motor have been detected over the past several
years.
There are suspicions among U.S. intelligence analysts that the DF-41 is
based on Russia's mobile ICBM known as the SS-27 and that the DF-41 will
incorporate Russian missile guidance technology.
China in August conducted two flight tests of the DF-31A ICBM and in
November 2012, another DF-31A was flight-tested.
Tsai The-sheng, Taiwan's director of the National Security Bureau, as the
intelligence service for the island nation is called, told Taiwan's
legislature that China is still developing the DF-41 and the sub-launched JL
-2.
"Neither of them has been deployed at any Chinese military base yet," Tsai
said, the official Central News Agency reported April 15.
Tsai said that China's fast pace of military technology development makes it
very likely the People's Liberation Army will deploy a multi-warhead DF-41
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