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DF-41larger figure on 2 of 2
R-17 Elbruslarger figure on 0 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source20–22 metres (66–72 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | DF-41 | R-17 Elbrus |
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| Type | ICBM[source] | Short-range ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | China[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2017[source] | 1962−present[source] |
| Used by | People's Liberation Army Rocket Force[source] | See operators[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
11.2−11.4 m (37 ft)[source]
Maximum; Mach 25 (
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed · source measurement 2
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed · source measurement 3
Single sourceMach 25 (31,425 km/h; 19,625 mph; 8,660 m/s)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source45 km/h (28 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Manufacturer | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)[source] | Votkinsk Machine Building Plant[source] |
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| Warhead | MIRV (up to 10 warheads)[source] | HE , cluster , chemical , nuclear[source] |
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| Engine | Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket[source] | Isayev/KBKhM 9D21 liquid (missile) D-12-525A diesel (TEL)[source] |
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| Guidance system | Inertial , likely with stellar and satellite updates[source] | — |
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| Accuracy | ~100 m CEP[source] | 450–900 m (490–980 yd) CEP[source] |
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| Launch platform | Silo , road-mobile Transporter erector launcher , rail-mobile[source] | 9P117M TEL[source] |
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| Status | The Dongfeng-41 or DF-41 ( simplified Chinese : 东风-41 ; traditional Chinese : 東風-41 ; lit. 'East Wind-41'; NATO reporting name : CH-SS-20 ; previously reported as CSS-10 ) is a fourth-generation Chinese solid-fuelled road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile operated by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artillery Corps )[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War Iran-Iraq War Soviet-Afghan War Gulf war Yemeni civil war (1994) Libyan civil war Syrian civil war Yemeni civil war (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[source] |
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| Designer | — | Viktor Makeyev[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1958−1961[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$1,000,000 (equivalent to US$ 2,722,285 in 2025)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1959 −1987[source] |
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| No. built | — | 7,000−10,000 (est.)[source] |
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| Variants | — | See variants[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 440 mm (17 in)[source] |
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| Propellant | — | TM-185 ( kerosene derivative) / AK-27I (27% N 2 O 4 73% HNO 3 )[source] |
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| Former operator · Afghanistan | — | Afghanistan[source] |
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| Former operator · Azerbaijan | — | Azerbaijan[source] |
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| Former operator · Belarus | — | Belarus[source] |
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| Former operator · Czechoslovakia | — | Czechoslovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Czech Republic | — | Czech Republic[source] |
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| Former operator · Georgia | — | Georgia[source] |
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| Former operator · East Germany | — | East Germany[source] |
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| Former operator · Hungary | — | Hungary[source] |
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| Former operator · Iran | — | Iran[source] |
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| Former operator · Iraq | — | Iraq[source] |
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| Former operator · Kazakhstan | — | Kazakhstan[source] |
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| Former operator · Libya | — | Libya[source] |
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| Former operator · Poland | — | Poland[source] |
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| Former operator · Romania | — | Romania[source] |
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| Former operator · Russia | — | Russia[source] |
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| Former operator · Slovakia | — | Slovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Soviet Union | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Former operator · Ukraine | — | Ukraine[source] |
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| Former operator · Yemen | — | Yemen[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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