DF-5 is going to be decomissioned soon

[ChineseTiger1986]

DF-5B is the equivalent SS-19 Stiletto I think, probably has 3x3 MT warheads. That's some super scary shit.

True doomsday weapons that can destroy an entire country. The throw weight of solid fuel rockets is just too low when you absolutely, positively need raw power.

Either 3 x 5 MT warheads or 12 x 500 KT warheads if it wanna match the power of the SS-19.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Either 3 x 5 MT warheads or 12 x 500 KT warheads if it wanna match the power of the SS-19.

Our liquid fueled rockets are getting better every day. The SS-19 used to be able to carry a single 12 MT warhead which is absolutely terrifying. 12 MT is already insanely overkill.

 

[Shotgunner51]

Our liquid fueled rockets are getting better every day. The SS-19 used to be able to carry a single 12 MT warhead which is absolutely terrifying. 12 MT is already insanely overkill.

A single 12 megaton warhead is massive, it's like 4% of China's capacity or 800 times of Hiroshima!

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MIRV with 500 kiloton warheads are more practical.

 

[ZAC1]

kindly gift few 10 of these to pakistan......

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

A single 12 megaton warhead is massive, it's like 4% of China's capacity or 800 times of Hiroshima!

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MIRV with 500 kiloton warheads are more practical.

The craziest was the SS-18 which had 3 types of loads: single 20 (!!!) MT yield, 4x1 MT + 4x 0.1 MT or 10x0.8 MT.

Absolutely insane weapon.

 

[j20blackdragon]

DF-5B is the equivalent SS-19 Stiletto I think, probably has 3x3 MT warheads. That's some super scary shit.

True doomsday weapons that can destroy an entire country. The throw weight of solid fuel rockets is just too low when you absolutely, positively need raw power.

The SS-19 Stiletto has a diameter of 2.5 meters.

The SS-18 Satan has a diameter of 3 meters.

The DF-5B has a diameter of 3.35 meters.

The DF-5B is MUCH bigger.

 

[Shotgunner51]

The craziest was the SS-18 which had 3 types of loads: single 20 (!!!) MT yield, 4x1 MT + 4x 0.1 MT or 10x0.8 MT.

Absolutely insane weapon.

20 megaton, that's over 1300 Hiroshima in one warhead, not a single place on earth can take that !

Maybe use to blow up a big extra-terrestrial asteroid coming close to our orbit!