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The Dongfeng (simplified Chinese: 东风; traditional Chinese: 東風; lit. 'East Wind') series, typically abbreviated as "DF missiles", are a family of short, medium, intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artillery Corps).

History

In the early years of New China, the industrial development of China mainly depended upon capital investment and technical assistance. At that period, China exchanged through foreign trade at equal values for “156 types” of Soviet industrial project assistance, with building nuclear bombs and missile factories and corresponding technologies included.

Chinese missile production started from imitating Soviet missiles. At the end of 1957, Soviet provided China with two P-1 missile models, and in June, 1958, the first batch of drawings and technical documentation of P-2 missiles was transferred. Scientists and engineers formed the Fifth Institute of National Defense Ministry (hereinafter called “the Fifth Institute”) , translated and copied those documents and made preparation for imitating the “1059”model missile.

“1059” was named for paying homage to 10th anniversary of the founding of New China of October 1, 1959. Under the lead of Qian Xuesen, scientists and engineers gained a thorough grasp of design theories, overcame technical obstacles and managed to advance imitations of Soviet missiles.

While the whole Fifth Institute was quietly getting immersed in hard work, the Sino-Soviet relationship suddenly cooled down and the “honeymoon period” of the two nations came to end. In June, 1956, the Soviets began to tear up the “Sino-Soviet New National Defense Technology Agreement”, and withdrew all the Soviet experts in the next year and abolished all the joint projects.

Although that following serious and tough situation fell upon the shoulders of Qian Xuesen, his confidence, self-improvement and self-esteem once again showed their power. During several round-table meetings, Qian Xuesen called upon all the personnel in the Fifth Institute with great passion not to give up or hold back, and to carry on the imitation of missiles. Qian stated,

“All of us in the Fifth Institute would certainly get straight and upright under the pressure of the fact that Soviet experts were withdrawn. We are able to build our own missile mission with our best efforts, and the Soviets cannot overwhelm us!”

“We shall continue our work day and night; we shall burn the candles at both ends!”

“We will certainly catch up with progress!”

Just like that, inspired by Qian Xuesen’s passion and inspiration, all comrade fellows bent their efforts towards only one direction, held their breath and swore to launch the “1059”missile to the sky.

At 9:00 am, under the command of chief officer, “1059”missile rose to sky, and hit the target exactly within the proposed impact area at the distance of 554km from the launch site after flying for 7 minutes and 37 seconds.

This “missile of our own”- “1059”was named for “Dongfeng 1”, DF-1 for short. From then on, Qian Xuesen led the Fifth Institute to succeed in improving and designing the “Dongfeng 2 and Dongfeng 3” missiles by ourselves and Dongfeng missile family were expanded and gradually grew up to be the champion weapons of our national defense mission. “Dongfeng 31-A model” nuclear missile attending our 60th anniversary military parade of the New China on the 2009 National Day was the strong new member of the Dongfeng missile family.

On October 16, 1964, the first atomic bomb exploded in China and the rising mushroom cloud astonished the world.

However, this atomic bomb was detonated by fixing it upon an iron cradle in advance, which caused western media to state it was “only a bomb without a gun” to satirize China, faced with the reality that, although atomic bomb had been produced, it still could not be discharged.

How to change that situation?

Undoubtedly, missile is the best “gun”. Qian Xuesen proposed to develop nuclear missiles carrying nuclear warheads on the basis of successful test launches of mid-and-short-range missiles, and that is the well-known pioneering work of “combination of missile and atomic bomb” at the present time.

Nuclear missiles are very different from typical ones. A subtle mistake could incur irreparable losses. Qian Xuesen led the Fifth Institute to make improvements for the “Dongfeng 2”missile. All the comrades worked hard and took every detail quite seriously and carefully.

On October 26, 1966, Marhshal Nie Rongzhen and Qian Xuesen came to the site to personally monitor the docking process of the “DF-2A”missile body and atomic warhead.

On the site, a young technician named Tian Xiankun took charge of that docking task. Given that the distance between the warhead and missile body was just longer than one foot, only by moving their bodies sideways could they go there. However, despite the narrow space, Tian Xiankun finished more than a hundred movements with perfect accuracy through his highly skilled technologies and tools, and succeeded in docking warheads and missile bodies just like doing embroidery on cloth.

On October 27, 9:00 am, Tong Lianjie, one of the seven operators pressed the button of the principal machine of the control platform, and China’s first nuclear missile slowly rose and flew to the sky with a roaring boom.

However, the control room fell into quiet after the missile taking off, and no one could dare take a heavy breath. In their eyes, the nine minutes of estimated flight time seemed endless.

At last, Lop Nur testing ground delivered a report,stating: the nuclear missile hit the target exactly and the nuclear explosion smoothly took place!

That moment was so valuable and delightful! The seven operators in the underground control room could not help but shed tears of joy…

To celebrate that great and historic moment, and learning we were prepared to build the Qian Xuesen Library, the Second Artillery Force of the PLA donated to our library a missile with the same model as the “DF-2A”nuclear missile , and allowed us to use it as a large-scale physical subject exhibit in the Library. On March 27, 2011, under witness of the public, military officers and soldiers together with the construction company managed to unload the missile and then hoisted it to move from roof to rotunda, which took 45 minutes to complete the whole lift and set-up process.

The most glorious and most dangerous moments condensed into extraordinary, historic, and frozen time, which silently says, the peaceful time and life today we have derive from the endless efforts of Qian Xuesen and others in very tough environment.

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[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Anyone who upbears this comment is a terrorist sympathizer. I have my eyes on you.

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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

My partner's kidneys has gotten worse and are moving into dialysis/transplantation territory. We are going on a planned family trip over the weekend, trying to act normal for the kids, and then they have to go straight to the hospital Monday morning.

They were about to die from kidney failure a couple of years ago. Their kidney function was down to 4% due to a bunch of idiot GP's doing their best to turn a combination of kidney stones and a simple UTI into a lethal cocktail through their arrogance and incompetence. It was so bad they had resuscitation equipment rolled up right outside the room at the hospital.

My partner is afraid. The kids are afraid. I'm afraid and stressed and tired and angry and I feel guilty for being so affected by all of this instead of being supportive.

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wish your partner all the best and I am sorry for the struggle you're going thru. Danish doctors can be really shit, it's like they have a genius complex or something.
Had to argue with one whom wanted to release my partner who had 8/10 paralyzing pain in their abdomen. The doctor wanted to release them because he couldn't figure out what was wrong, which obviously meant that nothing was wrong then. I hope you are past the "having to argue" faze and I hope it goes smooth from here-on out.

[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

My dad is going through dialysis and it's brutal, especially since it seems like a transplant is not an option for him. I'm sorry for you, your partner and the rest of your family.

Just try to tell yourself that giving whatever you can counts for twice as much when you're this weighted down. That's what I do for myself, anyway. It at least helps suppress guilty thoughts a little.

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[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will you tankies vote for the harm reduction candidate now?

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[–] SoylentSnake@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How come no one's hiring anymore? I apply to places that literally ask for zero qualifications and I still hear nothing back. Not even an interview.

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

IDK about the states, but in klanada they'll post ridiculous job listings like "coffee store employee, 60 dollars an hour", hire nobody for months, then bring on a temporary foreign worker that they can use as practically indentured labour by claiming there were no locals who wanted the job and needing an LMIA.

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[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Saw a study that around 50% of "open positions" are actually fake, with two goals in mind:

Firstly, to give the impression that the business is growing and expanding, which makes it look healthier.

Secondly, and most importantly, to keep understaffed and overworked workers content. "We know you're understaffed, but we're trying to look for extra employees and we can't find any! Look, we even have a posting!"

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[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I did it. I shaved my head. No more hair. Bald. Baldy baldy bald boy. That's what they're calling me. In the streets.

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[–] videogame@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why the fuck does a community college need a police force anyway

like we're in the city they already have police

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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lol i love constructing this like it's some brilliant example of leadership when in reality Bezos probably just doesn't care and does not like reading anything longer than a few bullet points.

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[–] Philosophosphorous@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

i read a thing earlier about how the chinese military has done drills against a hypothetical technologically superior enemy (jokingly called 'ROBOTECH' drills), where the enemy has cut off any electronic comms, has a bunch of high quality units, and always knows locations and coordinates etc. the normal forces usually lost early on but eventually were able to stalemate and even achieve one or two victories. i would have made a whole post about it but i cannot find the source where i read this, and google is completely uselesss, giving me nothing but china fearmongering about robot dogs or something.

[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

just moved out of my parents' place and into a new apartment and god damn the vibes are excellent. this place is sick and way cheaper than it has any right to be, ive never gotten better value for money on rent in my life. everything's good

Death to America

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

Real photo of me

[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

Sorry babe, "The Red Army Is the Strongest" stays on during sex

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's always funny when you catch two cats in a showdown and they both look at you like "we are in the middle of something".

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] companero@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Love my very normal ballot where the only anti-genocide options were a write-in and a cult member i-voted

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

The phrase “cradle to grave” seems so fucking ominous when used in the context of marketing

Idk is it just me

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do a little thought experiment about housing prices vs wages where I go "the price of this house decides what kind of person you want in your community." If teachers can't afford a house, that means that they don't believe teachers embody the kinds of qualities they want in their community. It's like "you can show up to do this work, but afterwards you need to leave." In essence, a lot of these neighborhoods are designed for lucky stock options traders and people profiting off of health insurance to get entertained and be served treats by a troupe of traveling circus performers.

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

"I may not be Dale Earnhardt but I hit a fucking wall because I couldn't turn left" is an all-timer Felix line

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

(She doesn't watermark, artist is Haus of Decline)

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[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Sitting on the couch with my lovely Dr. Partner watching a movie. I got bored for a second, put my hand down my pants and stick my thumb out of the fly on my boxers. We make eye contact, I start wiggling my thumb and going "deedle deedle deedle." With almost no hesitation they do the same thing and then we proceed to sort of thumb wrestle through our undies while going deedle deedle and laughing like mad.

So anyway, get yourself a person that will underpants thumb wrestle with you while you both provide a soundtrack of deedles is my general relationship advice stalin-approval

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[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Blogpost 🏒🦑doggirl-happy

Went to a hockey game and it was fun and my team won and played pretty good and there was a good fight

[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Do you all ever have dreams where you are a communist revolutionary in modern Russia, fighting to bring back the USSR but your in a lesbian relationship with another party member which is going smoothly until your oarnter starts rising through the ranks all while succumbing to revisionism so you have to break off the relationship and fight avidly against your now ex lover for control of the party to ensure the party doesn't fall into revisionism, and where in the end you and the other Mls are able to successfully throw off the revisionists and successfully have a communist revolution but in the end you are still a bit sad because you saw a lover so close to you fall to supporting the capitalists? Anyone else or just me?

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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago
[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

Electron microscope image of an ant:

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

women used to smoke cigarettes with those long ass cigarette holders that made you look cool but they don't do that anymore because of woke

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[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have been removed from the cycle of Samsara. my soul will not be reincarnated

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

niko-wonderous wow, the word 'pal' is a romani loanword? never expected one of those in english, nevermind such a powerful one unfamiliar-with-your-game

others include: dick (as in private dick) ferret, nark bonk, posh capybara-fancy , and shiv stabby-crab

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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

it is october 18 and stalin saved the world from fascism

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

PaX stop using lol and tbh every other sentence challenge, difficulty level IMPOSSIBLE

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[–] SSJ3Marx@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

Eating a sandwich entirely made from a giant unmelted slice of cheese and a thick slice of raw onion to celebrate my English ancestors.

It's awful. Fuck the French and fuck the Germans.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Got hit with a high energy day yesterday, so high and powerful I felt like I overdosed cocaine. ADHD is fucking weird man.

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[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago
[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

Kittenposting 💕 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 💕

Got fancy with the dinner tonight and they got a new fort to play with and luxuriated in front of the space heater meow-bounce

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

Nice crisp morning, fresh pulled espresso shots, a nice walk with my fiancé, life is good today. kel-bliss

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

I can't wait until the plagiarism machines burn down the amazon so I can watch the absolute worst slop on earth matt-jokerfied

[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

there should be a link next to every tagline that shows you the context because i just read a wild one about someone eating 24 large muffins and then taking a shit so large that they felt they understood the trials of giving birth what-the-hell

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[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

If I'm ever a grandparent I'll tell you what, I am going to lie all the fucking time. I am going to give those kids so much misinformation. They will not know what is real and what isnt. I am going to completely rattle their entire worldview, alright? And it's not gonna be just my grandchildren, its gonna be everyone until they're like, "I think gramps has the dementia. I think we should send them to the home." and then I lock it the fuck in because it was a bit. You're not sending me anywhere. I'm locked in. Suddenly I'm perfect again, right as rain. I'm gonna get in people's heads. I think that's some of the most fun you can have as an old person. That and petty crime.

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