{"id":153497,"date":"2026-06-25T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153497"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:00:11","slug":"did-the-iran-war-just-prove-that-chinas-ageing-df-15bs-are-still-big-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153497","title":{"rendered":"Did the Iran war just prove that China\u2019s ageing DF-15Bs are still big guns?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLessons from the Iran war suggest that China\u2019s ageing Dongfeng-15B short-range missiles may be more useful in penetrating modern missile defences than previously thought, according to military analysts.<br \/>\nThe suggestion surfaced this month in an article published by Ordnance Science and Technology which said that missiles with biconic manoeuvring re-entry vehicles (MRVs) could achieve a penetration effect close to that of hypersonic projectiles.<br \/>\nThe article, written under the byline Ma Lihua,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3358345\/did-iran-war-just-prove-chinas-ageing-df-15bs-are-still-big-guns?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLessons from the Iran war suggest that China\u2019s ageing Dongfeng-15B short-range missiles may be more useful in penetrating modern missile defences than previously thought,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153497"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}