The DF-26 comes with a “modular design,” meaning that the launch vehicle can accommodate two types of nuclear warheads and several types of conventional warheads.
The idea with SPY-6 radar is to give ship commanders more time and decisionmaking abilities by identifying approaching threats and enemy attacks more precisely and at much farther distances.
The integration of the U.S. Navy’s new, highly-sensitive AN/SPY-6 radar system will detect incoming anti-ship cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and even enemy fighter jets closing in on carrier strike groups at a much greater image fidelity and longer ranges.
The strategy would bridge the gap until the new Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer is a mature design, avoiding some of the errors of previous new ship designs.