As of early 1998 China had deployed eight DF-3 [CSS-2] launchers and eight DF-21 [CSS-5] launchers at the Jianshui Launch Complex, located near the China-Vietnam border. The Air Force estimates the DF-3 [CSS-2] will remain active there because its greater range is needed to target most of India, while the DF-21A [CSS-5 Mod 1] can cover Southeast Asia from the same launch facilities.
The facility is headquarters for one of the two launch brigades, each with up to three launch battalions, subordinated to the Second Artillery Corps 80303 Unit, a Division headquartered in the eastern suburbs of Kunming, Yunnan province.