Tuesday 31 May 2016

Revealed: How the U.S. Navy Would Destroy a Chinese Aircraft Carrier (James Holmes, The National Interest)

Image: US ships firing missiles. Wikimedia Commons/public domain.

Ah, yes, the “carrier-killer.” China is forever touting the array of guided missiles its weaponeers have devised to pummel U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). Most prominent among them are its DF-21D and DF-26 antiship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), which the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has made a mainstay of China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-the-us-navy-would-destroy-chinese-aircraft-carrier-16400

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