'East Wind-17'; NATO reporting name: CH-SS-22[5]), is a Chinese solid-fuelled road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile[3] designed to carry the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle.

[7][5] DF-17 strikes to degrade air and missile defenses may precede the use of less survivable weapons.

[9][2] The DF-17 and DF-ZF made their first official public appearance during the National Day military parade on 1 October 2019.

Michael Griffin, former Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, told the House Armed Services Committee that the United States needs to develop hypersonic weapons "to allow us to match what our adversaries are doing.

"[10] In 2020, multiple military observers in China reported an air-launched hypersonic missile version based on DF-17 was undergoing testing.