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
The Dong-Feng 21 (DF-21; NATO reporting name CSS-5 - Dong-Feng () is a two-stage, solid-fuel rocket, single-warhead medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) in the Dong Feng series developed by China Changfeng Mechanics and Electronics Technology A ...
with elements of the
SC-19 also incorporated.
The interceptor is
hit-to-kill.
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, 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 ...
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.
See also
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Dong Neng-2
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FJ ABM Project 640 was a missile defense development programme of the People's Republic of China that started in 1964. The programme pursued processes and technologies related to command and control, sensors, and weapons - including anti-ballistic missil ...
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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 vehic ...
References
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Anti-satellite missiles
Anti-ballistic missiles of the People's Republic of China