DF-3A

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Template:Short description Template:Redirects Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The DF-3A (NATO: CSS-2) is a Chinese liquid-fueled, single-stage, nuclear intermediate-range ballistic missile that entered service in 1971.[1]

In 1988 China sold several dozen (reportedly between 36 and 60) DF-3A missiles to Saudi Arabia.[2][3] Saudi Arabia publicly displayed them for the first time in 2014.[4]

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Range of various Chinese missiles (2007); DF-3A range in Orange.

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History

Deployment of the missile began in 1971,[5] reaching a peak of 110 by 1984, then shrinking to 50 in 1993.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was estimated by the U.S. DoD that there were 17 missiles and 10 launchers in operation as of 2010 under a single brigade.[1] By May 2014, it appeared that the last unit operating the DF-3A completed conversion to the DF-21 missile from satellite photos of changes to the launch unit site.[6]

Users

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People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
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Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force

References

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  6. Chinese Nuclear Missile Upgrade Near Dalian - Fas.org, 21 May 2014

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