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  "id": "df-15",
  "name": "DF-15 (Dongfeng 15)",
  "aliases": [
    "M-9",
    "CSS-6",
    "East Wind-15"
  ],
  "domain": "missile",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Short-range ballistic missile",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1990,
  "operators": [
    "CHN",
    "YEM"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 2,
  "summary": "The Dongfeng 15 (DF-15/CSS-6) Chinese Short-Range Ballistic Missile is a short-range, road-mobile, solid-fueled ballistic missile developed by the People’s Republic of China.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Basing",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Ground",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Guidance",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Inertial + Terminal radar/infrared imaging (See variants for the guidance system for each variant).",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_max_km",
      "v": 600,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Accuracy (CEP)",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "300 m",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 9.1,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "diameter_m",
      "v": 1,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "launch_weight_kg",
      "v": 6200,
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Propulsion",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Single; Solid",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Warhead options",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Single; HE, nuclear, chemical, sub-munitions, (Possibly electromagnetic pulse (EMP), Fuel-Air Explosive (FAE), and mine-laying); HE, sub-munitions",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Nuclear yield",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "50 to 350 kT",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Conventional warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "500 kg",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead type",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Single",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead options",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "HE, nuclear, chemical, sub-munitions, (Possibly electromagnetic pulse (EMP), Fuel-Air Explosive (FAE), and mine-laying)",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: nuclear yield",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "50 to 350 kT",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: conventional warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "500 kg",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: conventional warheads available",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "HE, sub-munitions",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "DF-15A",
      "text": "At 10m, the DF-15A is slightly longer than the DF-15, and it also has a rounded nose shape. This variant is also more accurate at 30 m to 45 m CEP due to sectored control fins at the rear of the missile, GPS updates and a radar terminal correlation system…",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DF-15B",
      "text": "This missile was first revealed publicly during an October 2009 military parade in Beijing. Similar to the DF-15A, the DF-15B has components that reportedly increase the accuracy including four stabilizing fins, improved terminal guidance, and an active radar…",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DF-15C",
      "text": "An unconfirmed report in 2007 claimed that the PRC is developing a third variant of the missile designed to strike hardened underground facilities.",
      "src": [
        "weg-df-15"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "srbm",
  "image": {
    "file": "df-15.jpg",
    "thumb": "df-15-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "IceUnshattered",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dongfeng-15B.JPG",
    "title": "File:Dongfeng-15B.JPG"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/df-15.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-df-15": {
      "title": "DF-15 (Dongfeng 15) Chinese Short-Range Ballistic Missile",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/DF-15_Dongfeng_15_Chinese_Short-Range_Ballistic_Missile",
      "published": "2026-09-15",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}