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Why China s Missile Capabilities Should Terrify the U.S. Military
China has conducted several missile tests in the South China Sea in recent years and placed anti-ship missiles in strategic areas which could threaten American interests.
Here s What You Need to Remember: In moving a dozen DF-26 launchers to Inner Mongolia, around 2,000 miles from the Paracels, China reportedly aims to protect the rockets from boost-phase interception.
The Chinese military lobbed anti-ship ballistic missiles into the South China Sea in tests in early July 2019.
The missile trials underscored Beijing’s increasing militarization of resource-rich waters on which several countries have conflicting claims.
The DF-26 could be vulnerable to the latest American defenses.
Here s What You Need To Remember: China in recent years has occupied several disputed islands in the China Seas, dredged their endangered coral reefs and built atop them sprawling airfields and barracks and installations for cruise missiles and air-defense systems.
The Chinese military lobbed anti-ship ballistic missiles into the South China Sea in tests in early July 2019.
The missile trials underscored Beijing’s increasing militarization of resource-rich waters on which several countries have conflicting claims.
“The Chinese carried out the first test over the weekend, firing off at least one missile into the sea,” NBC News
A South China Sea Missile War Would Change Asia Forever
China in recent years has occupied several disputed islands in the China Seas, dredged their endangered coral reefs and built atop them sprawling airfields and barracks and installations for cruise missiles and air-defense systems.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The DF-26 could be vulnerable to the latest American defenses. The U.S. Navy s SM-6 interceptor missile theoretically is capable of hitting a DF-26 in two phases of its flight shortly after launch, as the Chinese missile is climbing and gaining speed, and then again in the DF-26 s terminal phase, as it arcs down toward its target.
Missile Madness: America and China are Locked in an Asian Missile Arms Race nationalinterest.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalinterest.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.