This same missile will have a naval version, the JL-2. It will be deployed on China's new Type 094 nuclear submarine by about 2005. A 12,000 km range version of this mobile missile, the DF-41, is expected to be deployed by 2010. In addition, China has a family of tactical missile systems that it values for their ability to strike high-value targets on China's periphery. Chinese strategists are in the process of discussing warfighting strategies for the missile and nuclear forces.
China has a real concern regarding the survivability of a second-strike missile force.
Lacking a comprehensive early warning system, China has long worried about the possibility of a preemptive strike. The massive 12 year effort was called the Great Wall project. If these suspicions prove correct, China has a strategic strike force that might be protected by more than one-km of overhead earth. India also has nuclear devices and a growing missile capability. The PSLV could now be adopted as an 8000-km range ICBM if India decided to do so.