A game changing missile?
China has developed a missile that can sink an anti-aircraft carrier at a 900-mile range. That's too far for an anti-aircraft carrier to take the missile out of service, and now the United States is scrambling for an answer.
Nothing projects U.S. global air and sea power more vividly than supercarriers. Bristling with fighter jets that can reach deep into even landlocked trouble zones, America's virtually invincible carrier fleet has long enforced its dominance of the high seas.I would guess that this has implications for a possible US strike on Iran as well.
China may soon put an end to that.
U.S. naval planners are scrambling to deal with what analysts say is a game-changing weapon being developed by China — an unprecedented carrier-killing missile called the Dong Feng 21D that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced moving aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).
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Analysts say final testing of the missile could come as soon as the end of this year, though questions remain about how fast China will be able to perfect its accuracy to the level needed to threaten a moving carrier at sea.
The weapon, a version of which was displayed last year in a Chinese military parade, could revolutionize China's role in the Pacific balance of power, seriously weakening Washington's ability to intervene in any potential conflict over Taiwan or North Korea. It could also deny U.S. ships safe access to international waters near China's 11,200-mile (18,000-kilometer) -long coastline.
While a nuclear bomb could theoretically sink a carrier, assuming its user was willing to raise the stakes to atomic levels, the conventionally-armed Dong Feng 21D's uniqueness is in its ability to hit a powerfully defended moving target with pin-point precision.
The Chinese Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to the AP's request for a comment.
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:57 PM
3 Comments:
Once again, thank the Clintons.
While Osama/obama was busy on his knees to Saudi Arabia, focussing on his obsession with Israel, China crept up behind him...while he was busy handing over hard-won US technology to any muslim country that wanted it, he has been check-mated by China.
Who would never dream of handing over anything for nothing!
With the weakling we have in the white house if I were running china I would take over Taiwan now. Obama wont do anything about it.
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