The DongFeng-3

The DongFeng-3 (DF-3, NATO designation: CSS-2).

The DF-3 is China’s first operational intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile is a single-stage, liquid-propellant design carrying a single nuclear warhead.The DongFeng-3 (DF-3, NATO designation: CSS-2) is a single-warhead, single-stage, liquid-propellant, intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). Developed in the 1960, it is China's first independently developed ballistic missile. The DF-3A is the improved variant with extended range developed in the early 1980s. A total of 150~200 DF-3/3A missiles are believed to have been deployed, with 30~40 remaining in service today.

DongFeng-3 specifications:

Configuration: Single stage liquid

Length: 21.2m

Diameter: 2.25m

Launch Weight: 64,000kg

Propellant: Liquid fuel (Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine/Nitrogen Tetroxide mix [UDMH/N2H4])

Guidance: Inertial

Range: 2,500km (DF-3); 2,800km (DF-3A)

Deployment: Launch pad + road mobile

Re-entry Vehicle Mass: 2,150kg

Warhead: Single 1,000~3,000kT

CEP: 2,000~3,000m (DF-3); 1,000m (DF-3A)

Launch Preparation Time: 120~180 min