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Pentagon: China’s DF-27 ICBM has Anti-Ship Capabilities
25 Dec 2025, 20:38
USA China
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile
Pentagon: China’s DF-27 ICBM has Anti-Ship Capabilities
A report on China’s ballistic missiles and hypersonic weaponry by Pentagon revealed that the new DF-27 ICBM with a hypersonic glide vehicle can hit ships too.

The 2025 report by Pentagon, titled “Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2025”, covering developments in China’s military capabilities, stated that China’s new DF-27 ICBM with a hypersonic glide vehicle doubles as an anti-ship ballistic missile in a different configuration or the base configuration.

DF-27 is estimated to reach a range between 5000 km and 8000 km, effectively putting it in the ICBM class.

This marks DF-27 as the fourth anti-ship ballistic missile in China after the DF-26 IRBM, YJ-17 HGV-fitted ballistic missile, and DF-21D MRBM. Considering the fact that the DF-17 HGV-fitted ballistic missile was developed into the YJ-17 for launch from naval platforms and anti-surface warfare, it is likely that a variant of DF-27 as YJ-27 would be put in service as an intercontinental anti-ship ballistic missile.

https://turdef.com/article/pentagon-chin...pabilities