Project 640: China's National Missile Defence in the '70s

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Click to enlarge FanJi 1 FanJi 1 ABM interceptor test missile on the launcher
Click to enlarge FanJi 1 FanJi 1 ABM interceptor test missile on the launcher
Click to enlarge FanJi 1 in transit A FanJi 1 ABM interceptor being transported to the launch site onboard a flatbed trailer
Click to enlarge FanJi 1 This photos shows a slightly different FanJi 1 ABM interceptor design. The missile lacks the “stick connectors” between the first- and second-stage as shown in previous photos, and has a different paint scheme
Click to enlarge XianFeng Super-Gun The 420mm-calibre super gun was designed to fire 160kg unguided rocket-propelled projectiles to intercept the incoming nuclear warheads
Click to enlarge 7010 Phased-Array Missile Warning Radar The 40mX20m radar antenna was built on the Huangyang Mountain slope 1,600m above the sea level in Xuanhua, Hebei Province, about 140km northwest of Beijing
Click to enlarge 7010 Phased-Array Missile Warning Radar The 40mX20m radar antenna
Click to enlarge 7010 Radar Control Room Inside the control room of the 7010 radar
Click to enlarge Abandoned 7010 Radar Site Ruin of the abandoned 7010 radar site
Click to enlarge 110 Mono-Pulse Missile Tracking Radar The radar is located in Zhanyi, Yunnan Province

Last update: 11 April 2009

     
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