Errymath: DF-ZF

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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Key Points</b></span><br />
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<li>The sixth Chinese test of its DF-ZF hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle was "successful"</li>
<li>China may be planning such warheads to perform non-nuclear precision strike missions</li>
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A sixth test of China's hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle, the 
DF-ZF (previously designated the WU-14), took place on 23 November, 
according to US officials.<br />
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China had signalled that this test was imminent on 18 November when it 
issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) covering the same areas as its fifth 
test on 19 August 2015.<br />
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<img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="http://www.janes.com/images/assets/282/56282/p1646257.jpg" src="http://www.janes.com/images/assets/282/56282/p1646257.jpg" />The
 CASIC Kuaizhou-1 mobile solid-fuel space launch vehicle and its 
transporter, which could form the basis for a strike system using a 
version of the DF-ZF hypersonic manoeuvring vehicle. (Chinese internet)<br />
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US officials said the latest test achieved a speed of "beyond Mach 5" 
and was called a "success", according to a 25 November 2015 report in 
the <i>Washington Free Beacon</i> .<br />
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Monday’s test of the DF-ZF at the Wuzhai missile test center in Shanxi Province<br />
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Flight path of the test / China Space Flight.</div>
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<a class="externalLink" href="http://www.janes.com/article/56282/us-officials-confirm-sixth-chinese-hypersonic-manoeuvring-strike-vehicle-test" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">US officials confirm sixth Chinese hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle test | IHS Jane's 360</a><br />
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<a class="externalLink" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/27/2003633452" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Chinese weapons raise concern - Taipei Times</a><br />
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The DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle, which is believed to be capable of 
speeds of between 4,000 and 8,000 miles per hour (6,440kph and 
12,870kph) on Monday was successfully tested for the sixth time in two 
years.<br />
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US intelligence sources say the highly maneuverable weapons system could
 carry either nuclear or conventional warheads and could probably defeat
 current missile defenses.<br />
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If Beijing continues to test the DF-ZF at this pace, it could actually 
be deployed by 2020, said Richard Fisher, senior fellow at the 
Virginia-based International Assessment and Strategy Center.<br />
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“A DF-ZF-based strike vehicle could form the basis of a more 
maneuverable second-generation anti-ship ballistic missile warhead, 
posing an even greater threat to US Navy ships and carriers that may 
need to assist Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack,” Fisher said.<br />
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Monday’s test of the DF-ZF at the Wuzhai missile test center in Shanxi 
Province was first reported by US national security expert Bill Gertz in
 the <i>Washington Free Beacon</i>.<br />
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Gertz said that the DF-ZF weapon was launched atop a ballistic missile 
from which it separated near the edge of the atmosphere before gliding 
to an impact range several thousand kilometers away in western China.<br />
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He said that on this occasion it flew at speeds beyond Mach 5, or about 6,190kph.<br />
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“The high rate of testing for the glide vehicle is an indication China 
has placed a high priority on the weapon program and that it is making 
rapid progress,” Gertz said.<br />
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Fisher told the <i>Taipei Times</i>: “China’s development of new 
long-range mobile space-launch vehicles and its hypersonic maneuvering 
warhead development point to a future Chinese intercontinental 
non-nuclear capability.<br />
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