The ASBM is said to be a modified DF-21
Posted on 03/31/2009 9:55:05 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a "kill weapon" developed by the Chinese to target and destroy U.S. aircraft carriers.
First posted on a Chinese blog viewed as credible by military analysts and then translated by the naval affairs blog Information Dissemination, a recent report provides a description of an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) that can strike carriers and other U.S. vessels at a range of 2000km.
The range of the modified Dong Feng 21 missile is significant in that it covers the areas that are likely hot zones for future confrontations between U.S. and Chinese surface forces.
The size of the missile enables it to carry a warhead big enough to inflict significant damage on a large vessel, providing the Chinese the capability of destroying a U.S. supercarrier in one strike.
Because the missile employs a complex guidance system, low radar signature and a maneuverability that makes its flight path unpredictable, the odds that it can evade tracking systems to reach its target are increased. It is estimated that the missile can travel at mach 10 and reach its maximum range of 2000km in less than 12 minutes.
Supporting the missile is a network of satellites, radar and unmanned aerial vehicles that can locate U.S. ships and then guide the weapon, enabling it to hit moving targets.
(Excerpt) Read more at usni.org ...
Pinging the Dragon. Pinging the Dragon.
The Teleprompter in Chief proses an even bigger threat to America.
Wonder how much of our tecnology we gave to them to make it for us.
Will this affect my stock in Walmart?
I hope people keep shopping there.
:o
I’m sympathetic but I think this one (missile) is a rip-off of a Rooski ASBM.
Ask the Clintons.
The ASBM is said to be a modified DF-21
Maneuver? At mach 10? Call me skeptical .
"The Navy's reaction is telling, because it essentially equals a radical change in direction based on information that has created a panic inside the bubble. For a major military service to panic due to a new weapon system, clearly a mission kill weapon system, either suggests the threat is legitimate or the leadership of the Navy is legitimately unqualified. There really aren't many gray spaces in evaluating the reaction by the Navy…the data tends to support the legitimacy of the threat."
We live in interesting times.
This is different from the Sunburn anti-ship missiles they’ve brought from the Russians?
If it’s traveling at mach 10, does it need a warhead?
A supersonic nuclear tipped cruise missle (or really about 10 of them flying togther, perhaps in waives) would easily wipe out any carrier group.
Klintons may have started it but it continued right through the last administration into this one.
Yes.
They use the “kill” weapon and the country is vaporized by one Trident missle carrying sub . 16 warheads acan ruin your whole day .
I agree with you but one must remember who is the Commander in Chief these days. Would he have the guts to use a nuke?
Clinton, the gift that keeps on giving.
“Klintons may have started it but it continued right through the last administration into this one.”
This is why the Chinese no longer are interested in military cooperation. They now have all the information they need.
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