The most important distinctions between different types of ballistic missiles and their potential strategic capabilities are the following. These include a subcategory of battlefield missiles with a range of up to 150 km which are not easily developed into longer-range weapons. But SRBMs with ranges of over 150 km may be able to reach strategic targets. Longer range SRBMs can be developed from the widely-deployed and marketed Russian SCUD B missiles, as demonstrated by Iraq s Al Hussein and North Korea's Scud C and Nodong missiles. The spread of the technology to make more advanced MRBMs with ranges of more than 1,000 km, plus IRBMs, is demonstrated by North Korea's Nodong 2 and Taepo-Dong 1 and 2 missiles.
China also has a number of long- range aircraft that can deliver nuclear bombs.
China's possession of long-range ballistic missiles demonstrates that these missiles can be built with a limited technical and economic base.