In mid- February 2006 , the Chinese Second Artillery Force intercontinental ballistic missile train unveiled News Network ; February 14, 2007 , Lunar twelfth lunar month of 27 , before the coming Spring Festival , the Second Artillery train DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missile re- appeared , shocking everyone. Public exposure of CCTV , including ballistic missile launch control car train , command cars , carrying cars ; command vehicle placed inside of a dynamic display screen and large meeting room . Car display control buttons launch operations by the people . From the exterior view, the missile train cars with no distinction between ordinary Chinese trains ; painting is still green as grass in order to implement camouflage . Entire launch system composed of a total of 6-8 cars , capable of launching the improved DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers , can carry more rounds of 150 thousand tons equivalent of sub- guided nuclear warheads . This is so dreaded by Europeans, the former Soviet SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles, very similar to the train . Soviet SS-24 rail-mobile launch system is composed by the 6-8 cars , known as the " Land nuclear submarine " , each motor control of a strategic missile launch system . To this end the former Soviet Union also built some of the special railway . Rail-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, its biggest advantage is the mobility speed of up to 100 ~ 200km / h, mobile distance , one can maneuver transfers 1000 ~ 2000km, you can enlarge the scope of the mobile , easy to get rid of the means of tracking enemy reconnaissance . The railway transportation is better than riding road motor transport , vehicle turning rate of mobility than small roads suitable for motor transport in the test work , can reduce the launch position launch preparation time , which have greatly improved the survival of the missile Probability . Since 1986, Russia's strategic missile forces were deployed 36 SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles , nuclear warheads to 360 , with a total explosive yield over 126 million tons TNT. Death of these elusive enough to destroy all of Europe , and can not effectively be tracked to capture , let Europeans, no peace . 80 years of the 20th century , the Soviet Union on the vast Siberian wilderness , often mysterious train some green . These trains only 6 to 8 cars , the train did not like the middle of some of the car window, holding the rail car , however, is much longer than railway cars and more heat , close to the length of passenger carriages . The car is a vehicle used in the bogie , or even a 4 axle bogie . The trains never stop leaning against the mysterious city, is the hidden side of the line at the remote parking , and closely guarded with armed soldiers , the international intelligence agencies have been tracking these mysterious train , which is located in Kostroma in central Russia and Russian strategic ballistic missiles Tactical Launch train 10 teachers . - Soviet iron fist , the former Soviet mobile missile train . United States, also on the rail-mobile launch system is very interested in their studies on the rail-mobile launch several times . 50 in the late 20th century, the U.S. ballistic missile silos technical issues have been a good solution , but the train is not fixed firing position , orientation , communication and other issues yet to make progress , old haunt to go down the priority has been launched to use the technology . Deployment of a missile silo in the militia plan was finalized, the U.S. Defense Department formally abolished in 1962, the " militia " of the rail-mobile missile launchers on. American MX ICBM mobile launchers railway system, including rail and standby positions of two parts. Standby position in the existing military bases , usually containing shells train stopped at the standby position of the bunker , if the situation requires the adoption of the existing rail network for motor sports . The first train from 8 cars , of which two carriages of the tube with an MX intercontinental missiles , two cars for safety equipment , a car used for launch control , one for the maintenance of the other two for the locomotive . Missile launch car about 27 meters , 5.2 meters high , including missiles, launchers, launching equipment, and the total weight of 227 tons , from about 180 tons of locomotive traction , rated speed of 48 km / h maximum speed More than 80 km / hr. Each car has two launch control officer fired , there is one commander in each train , each missile train takes about 30 people total , including three civilian railway personnel , a conductor , four missile combatants , 6 Maintenance personnel , 15 security personnel. Select the main base of operations in Warren Air Force Base , Strategic Air command of the United States , in addition to selected about seven operational bases in the deployment of missile train a few columns . China's ballistic missile early Jiemian Sha train with China has already put in the air , underwater submarine and terrestrial highways, rail-mobile launch missile attacks on Trinity 's strategic capability and thus has a strong strategic nuclear counterattack capability . China has a direct attack enemy strategic targets deep capacity , to any country to carry out nuclear attack on China , they must bear a certain scale in China 's nuclear counterattack . This is followed by China 's limited nuclear deterrent . As the rail-mobile ballistic missile technology requires high survivability of nuclear war conditions, strong , now confirmed , only Russia has the technology . Thus China's strategic missile force mobility and concealment capabilities are greatly enhanced, also tracked and monitored by Western intelligence agencies greatly increased the difficulty of the missile launch , China's strategic nuclear attack submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles , following the successful realization of yet another quality post Leap.