From New Wars:I was reading this article on China’s planned deployment of anti-ship ballistic missiles to counter US Navy aircraft carriers, when a light bulb suddenly went off. First the article by Michael Richardson titled “China’s missile plans put US naval power in a weaker spot“:
To counter the Asia-Pacific focus of the US Navy, China is reportedly planning to deploy ballistic missiles with non-nuclear warheads and special guidance systems to hit moving surface ships at sea in the western Pacific before they can get within range of Chinese targets. If China fielded such a weapon, one that could reliably sink or cause heavy damage to aircraft carriers and other major warships far from its shores, it would make a potential adversary think long and hard before sending naval forces to intervene in a crisis over Taiwan or any other regional conflict in which China was involved.
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