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View In: Only hypersonic MissilesChina’s military showed its vaunted YJ-21 Eagle Strike hypersonic anti-ship missile at an air show during the week of Nov. 7. This is the first known public display of the YJ-21, which is reputed to be a carrier killer. The missile can be deployed on Chinese cruisers and aircraft carriers, and its introductio...

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View In: Only hypersonic MissilesThe debate about whether U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are obsolete or not seems to be never-ending. The reason the debate was kicked off in the first place centers around the creation of China’s building of thousands of new ballistic and cruise missiles, many of which would be used to attack U.S. nava...

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View In: Only hypersonic MissilesLast month news circulated that Russia was developing an anti-ship ballistic missile, and it was reportedly similar in design to China’s Dong Feng-26 (DF-26), the road-mobile, two-stage solid-fueled intermediate-range ballistic (IRBM) platform first unveiled during a military parade in September 2015...

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View In: Only hypersonic MissilesRussia Promises Rapid Deployment of Tsirkon Antiship Missile System – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech on Russia’s Navy Day on July 31 was used to tout the strength of Russian Navy, from its foundation by Peter the Great to the present day. In that vein, Putin promised that Russia’s Tsirko...

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View In: Only hypersonic MissilesFor over ten years, the DF-21D has been discussed as the missile that would make the U.S. Navy’s might aircraft carriers totally obsolete – something the Navy says is completely untrue. So how would the missile work in a war between Washington and Beijing, an important question considering recent tensions: Afte...

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View In: Only hypersonic MissilesDon’t get sucked into the hype on hypersonic missiles. No matter what the media says, Russia or Chinese hypersonic missiles can be defeated: In recent years, there’s been a great deal of discussion surrounding what some have called a hypersonic arms race between the United States, China, and Russia...