DF-21

medium-range ballistic missile
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DF-21
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DF-21

Summary

DF-21 is a missile model[1]. DF-21 ranks in the top 9% of missile_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • DF-21's image is recorded as DF-21A TEL - Chinese Military Museum Beijing.jpg[3].
  • DF-21's instance of is recorded as missile model[4].
  • DF-21's operator is recorded as People's Liberation Army Rocket Force[5].
  • DF-21's subclass of is recorded as medium-range ballistic missile[6].
  • DF-21's Commons category is recorded as DF-21[7].
  • DF-21's country of origin is recorded as People's Republic of China[8].
  • DF-21's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027wdk4[9].
  • DF-21's service entry is recorded as +1991-01-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • DF-21's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '东风'}[11].
  • DF-21's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10.7'}[12].
  • DF-21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.4'}[13].
  • DF-21's KBpedia ID is recorded as DF-21[14].

Body

Physical Characteristics

DF-21's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10.7'}[12].

Designation and Status

DF-21's instance of is recorded as missile model[4].

Why It Matters

DF-21 ranks in the top 9% of missile_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month).[2] DF-21 has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] DF-21 is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). DF-21. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/df-21
MLA “DF-21.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/df-21.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_df-21_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{DF-21}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/df-21}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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