China Lifts Veil on DF-5B ICBM's 7,500-Mile Range and Multi-Warhead Capability
- On June 5, 2025, Chinese state media disclosed new information about the enhanced DF-5B nuclear missile, which has an operational range of approximately 7,500 miles.
- This disclosure follows decades of secrecy about China’s nuclear program and coincides with recent military tests, though the government has not clarified its motives.
- The DF-5B can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads with a combined explosive yield of three to four megatons, surpassing Hiroshima’s atomic bomb by about 200 times.
- According to reports, its accuracy reaches within 0.3 miles and its range can strike most of Europe and nearly all of the continental United States from Chinese launch sites.
- This revelation signals China’s intent to demonstrate its strategic nuclear capability amid mounting geopolitical tensions and to affirm deterrence with a controlled transparency approach.
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In A Rare Move, China Releases Crucial Details About 12,000-KM Nuclear Missile That Can Strike The U.S. Anywhere!
Known for its secretive nuclear weapons program, China has for the first time revealed key details of one of the country’s nuclear weapons. In a rare gesture that has taken China watchers by surprise, China’s state broadcaster CCTV has released crucial details about one of the country’s premier nuclear-capable missile systems, the DF-5. China’s nuclear […]


China reveals first details of nuke 200x more powerful than Hiroshima
CHINA has given rare insight into its souped-up DF-5B nuclear missile – a 7,500-mile-range weapon with staggering explosive power. The missile is said to pack hundreds of times the destructive force of the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands in World War II. AFPChina’s DF-5B nuclear weapons are said to have a 7,500-mile range and an explosive yield of four megatonnes of TNT[/caption] GettyChinese President Xi …
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