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===Dongfeng 3 (CSS-2)=== {{Main|DF-3A}} The '''DF-3''' ('''CSS-2''') is often considered China's first "domestic" [[intermediate-range ballistic missile]] (IRBM). 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 [[Burya|La-350]] booster engine developed by [[Aleksei Isaev]] at OKB-2 (NII-88). Design leadership has been attributed to both [[Tu Shou'e]] and [[Sun Jiadong]]. The missile was produced at Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co., [首都航天机械公司], also known as Capital Machine Shop, [首都机械厂]). The 2,500 km DF-3 was originally designed with a 2,000 kg payload to carry an atomic (later thermonuclear) warhead. A further improved DF-3A with 3,000 km range (~4,000 km with reduced payload) was developed in 1981, and exported to Saudi Arabia with a conventional high-explosive warhead.<ref>[http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.3/missile_detail.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225012334/http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.3/missile_detail.asp|date=25 February 2012}}</ref> The DF-3's range of 2,810 km means it is just short of being able to target Guam, although the 2012 DOD report on China's military power states that they have a range of 3,300 km, which would be enough to target Guam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/2012_CMPR_Final.pdf |title=Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2012 |work=United States Department of Defense |date=May 2012 |access-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920172730/http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/2012_CMPR_Final.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2014 }}</ref> The 2013 Pentagon report on China's military power confirms the DF-3's 3,300 km range, and its maps show Guam being within the DF-3's range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2013_China_Report_FINAL.pdf |title=Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2013 |work=United States Department of Defense |date=May 2013 |access-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113120816/http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2013_china_report_final.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2015 }}</ref> All DF-3/DF-3A's were retired by the mid-2010s and replaced by the DF-21.<ref>[http://www.sinodefence.com/strategic/missile/df3.asp DongFeng 3 (CSS-2) Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814034822/http://www.sinodefence.com/strategic/missile/df3.asp |date=2013-08-14 }} Sinodefence.com</ref>
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