Chinese Tactical Ballistic Missiles

摘要

This report deals with Chinese tac-tical ballistic missiles that are being offered in the export market. The best known of these are the M-9 and M-11 missiles, but a third type, the M-7, also known as the 8610 or B610, has also been exported. The "M" designa-tions for these missiles refer to their export variants, in Chinese service they receive the standard DF (Dong Feng = East Wind) designations, such as DF-15 for the M-9 missile. The il-lustration here shows the M-9 (Dong Feng DF-15) on its TEL. Pakistan test fired a M-ll version called the Shaheen in March 1999 and already has the type in service in small num-bers. Pakistan has also displayed a 2,500 km range solid fuel missile called the Shaheen Ⅱ which may in fact be a license built copy of the Chi-nese M-18.