The Dong Neng-3 (; DN-3/KO09) is a Chinese
ballistic missile defense
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived as a defense against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ...
system.
Design
The system is generally believed to be based on the
DF-21 with elements of the
SC-19 also incorporated.
The interceptor is
hit-to-kill
A kinetic energy weapon (also known as kinetic weapon, kinetic energy warhead, kinetic warhead, kinetic projectile, kinetic kill vehicle) is a weapon based solely on a projectile's kinetic energy instead of an explosive or any other kind of payl ...
.
It can also be used as an anti-satellite weapon.
The Dong Neng-3 is believed to fill much the same role as the
SM-3
The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based surface-to-air missile system used by the United States Navy to intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primari ...
however it is believed to be much larger.
History
Testing of the DN-3 has primarily occurred at the
Korla Missile Test Complex.
A 2010 midcourse defense test was most likely a test of the DF-3.
In 2015 the DN-3’s anti-satellite capabilities are believed to have been tested.
In February 2018 the DN-3 was tested against a DF-21 based target in space.
This test was reported to be a success by the
PLA Daily
The ''People's Liberation Army Daily'' (), or ''PLA Daily'' for short, is the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Institutionally, the ''PLA Daily'' is the mouthpiece of and speaks for the Central Military Commission ...
.
See also
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Dong Neng-2
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FJ ABM
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2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test
On 11 January 2007, China conducted an anti-satellite missile test. A Chinese weather satellite—the FY-1C (COSPAR 1999-025A) polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of , with a mass of —was destroyed by a kinetic kill v ...
References
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Anti-satellite missiles
Anti-ballistic missiles of the People's Republic of China