DF-61

The DF-61 (Dongfeng-61, 'East Wind-61') is a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that made its first public appearance in the nuclear-weapons section of China's 2025 Victory Day parade. It is carried on a 16-wheeled transporter-erector-launcher that analysts describe as nearly identical to the DF-41's launcher, and it is assessed to be nuclear-armed and MIRV-capable. Caveat: China publishes no official specifications for the DF-61 and its technical details remain undisclosed. Every figure here is a Western-analyst estimate, not a confirmed or state-published value. Reported range estimates span roughly 12,100 km (comparable to the DF-41) up to about 18,000 km; the 15,000 km recorded here is a representative estimate matching its DF-41 baseline, and should be read as an open-source approximation rather than a measured figure. Warhead loadout is likewise unconfirmed: given its size, open-source analysts suggest it could carry on the order of a dozen independently targetable re-entry vehicles, but no verified count exists. Dimensions, weight, exact yield, guidance and propulsion have not been publicly disclosed and are deliberately omitted rather than inferred from the DF-41.