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The DF-17 or Dongfeng-17 is a Chinese-made mobile medium-range ballistic missile that is equipped with a DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) that can travel at speeds of at least Mach 5, or about 1.6 km per second. The DF-17 was developed by China’s 10th Research Institute and the existence of the new missile system was confirmed in 2014.