Tuesday, March 11, 2014

China’s DF-21D Missile Sytem Could Sink US Aircraft Carrier Group



China’s Ballistic Missile System For Targeting Aircraft Carriers -- The Hindu

China has established a novel system for using land-based ballistic missiles to deter America's powerful nuclear-powered aircraft carriers from coming anywhere near its coast, says a team of Indian analysts.

A constellation of satellites and at least one over-the-horizon radar give its Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) system the capability to work out the position of U.S. aircraft carriers at sea, according to assessments published by researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore.

Land-based ballistic missiles, carrying manoeuvrable warheads with conventional munitions, could then, if needed, target the aircraft carriers at a distance of about 2,000 km.

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Update #1: DF-21D missile could sink US aircraft carrier: report -- Want China Times
Update #2: China’s Secret Missile Would Blast U.S. Back to the Dark Ages -- Floyd Brown, Wall Street Daily

My Comment: The above video is pure Chinese PR. As for the true capability of the DF-21D .... they are some doubts but it is obvious that the Chinese want an effective aircraft carrier killer in their arsenal .... and they are working towards that goal.

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