Missile Systems

DF-41 ICBM: China’s Road-Mobile Nuclear Deterrent Capable of Reaching the US

On October 1, 2019, during the massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, sixteen massive, camouflage-painted trucks rolled through Tiananmen Square. While the parade featured drones, tanks, and stealth jets, the world’s intelligence agencies were fixated on these trucks. They carried the Dongfeng-41 (DF-41), a weapon that had been

Missile Systems

Zircon Hypersonic Missile: Unstoppable Threat or Propaganda?

On frigid mornings in the Barents Sea, the Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov has been seen launching streaks of fire that disappear into the horizon almost instantly. These are the test fires of the 3M22 Tsirkon (Zircon), a weapon that Russian President Vladimir Putin has described as “invincible.” The Zircon is a hypersonic cruise missile. It

Missile Systems

S-500 Prometheus: Russia’s Next-Generation Space and Missile Defense Killer

In the high-stakes chess game of global missile defense, Russia has made a move that has Western military strategists scrambling to update their playbooks. That move is the S-500 Prometheus. While the S-400 Triumf has grabbed headlines for years as a potent anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) system, the S-500 (Russian: C-500 Прометей) represents a quantum leap forward.

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