The 2,500 km DF-3 was originally designed with a 2,000 kg payload to carry an atomic (later thermonuclear) warhead. The missile was produced at Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co.,, also known as Capital Machine Shop, ). Design leadership has been attributed to both Tu Shou'e and Sun Jiadong. The common ICBM design was greatly influenced by the Soviet R-14 Chusovaya missile and the first stage engine itself was a direct copy of the С.2.1100/С.2.1150 La-350 booster engine developed by Aleksei Isaev at OKB-2 (NII-88). The DF-3 ( CSS-2) is often considered China's first "domestic" intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). All DF-2 were retired from active duty in the 1980s. The DF-2A was used to carry out China's test of a live warhead on a rocket on 27 October 1966 (detonated in the atmosphere above Lop Nor), and was in operational service since late 1960s. The first DF-2 failed in its launch test in 1962, leading to the improved DF-2A. But some western authors still attribute the entire design to Chinese specialists Xie Guangxuan, Liang Sili, Liu Chuanru, Liu Yuan, Lin Shuang, and Ren Xinmin. Now it is known that the whole documentation for R-5 had been delivered from Soviet Union to China in the late 1950s. It was long noted by the western observers that the DF-2 could be a copy of the Soviet R-5 Pobeda ( SS-3 Shyster), as they have identical look, range, engine and payload. It received the western designation of CSS-1 (stands for "China Surface-to-Surface"). The DF-2 ( CSS-1) is China's first medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM), with a 1,250 km range and a 15-20 kt nuclear warhead. For instance, the space launch Long March rockets have their roots in the Dongfeng missiles.Ī Dongfeng 2 at the Beijing military museum Since then, China has made many advances in its ballistic missile and rocket technology. The first Chinese ballistic missiles were based on Soviet designs. In the area of ballistic missiles, the Soviets transferred R-1 (SS-1), R-2 (SS-2) and R-11F technology to China. After the signing of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1950, the Soviet Union assisted China's military R&D with training, technical documentation, manufacturing equipment and licensed production of Soviet weapons.
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