Wah seh! China's 'carrier-killer' missile challenges dominant US

[PStanley]

China's 'carrier-killer' missile challenges dominant US
Tseng Fu-sheng 2013-03-23 11:39

DF-21C missiles at the PRC National Day parade in 2009. (Photo/CNS)

To counter the dominance of US aircraft carrier battle groups in the Western Pacific, China is developing a new type of guided missile with a range of between 1,500 and 3,000 kilometers.

The Dongfeng-21D will be guided by China's newly launched Beidou navigation satellite system, which can spot and track target aircraft carriers, and will carry an armor-penetrating tip. They will be deployed at the Guangzhou Military District.

The navigation system uses 16 satellites and covers the majority of East Asia's seas. The missiles would be capable of going halfway to Hawaii, creating a viable threat to American military bases within its range, from Japan to Guam.

Washington is eager to learn how many of the missiles China has, how many are being built, where they will be deployed, how accurate they are, and how they will use them in conjunction with their cruise missiles.

The PLA has reportedly test-fired the missiles at targets in the Gobi desert, where they made a direct impact with a velocity of Mach 5 and pierced the equivalent of six decks of armor, according to reports from Russian sources.

The most impressive aspect of the new missiles is the guidance system which accurately directs the missile to its target despite traveling at five times the speed of sound, say analysts.

The Center for Securities Studies at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, said that Dongfeng-21D is vulnerable however to attacks or interference using electronics beams. The center questioned if Washington is willing to invest the time and money in thorough electronic warfare research.

China has taken pains to develop hi-tech weapons in the hope of being able to match the US, the strongest naval power in the Asia-Pacific region.

Military analysts note that China is unlikely to become a military power before 2020, but could eventually challenge US dominance.

(Tseng Fu-sheng is a security adviser to the non-profit National Policy Foundation in Taipei.)

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

aiyah..............must be a knock-off of a Russian missile lah...........

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng says: show off time! flexing muscles! lai lah! par lah! kia lu ah!

 

[escher]

http://www.businessinsider.com/chin...le-test-proves-df-21d-lives-up-to-name-2013-1

Interesting.

Together with that Chinese sub tickling the hymen of Kitty Hawk.
Having penetrated the 300km of exclusion zone around Kitty Hawk to pop up 6 km away.
Undetected by USA sonar arrays reputed to be able to hear the fetal heartbeat of a whale.
And supposed to hear submarines and ships on the other side of Pacific ocean.

 

[watchman8]

http://www.businessinsider.com/chin...le-test-proves-df-21d-lives-up-to-name-2013-1

Interesting.

Together with that Chinese sub tickling the hymen of Kitty Hawk.
Having penetrated the 300km of exclusion zone around Kitty Hawk to pop up 6 km away.
Undetected by USA sonar arrays reputed to be able to hear the fetal heartbeat of a whale.
And supposed to hear submarines and ships on the other side of Pacific ocean.

Hey, you are out again trying to sound like a novice military observer. Save yourself from embarrassment and keep quiet on matters beyond your intelligence.

 

[escher]

Hey, you are out again trying to sound like a novice military observer. Save yourself from embarrassment and keep quiet on matters beyond your intelligence.

Stuff your head in a dirty toilet bowl and breath in deep.
That might do your brains some good.

 

[watchman8]

Stuff your head in a dirty toilet bowl and breath in deep.
That might do your brains some good.

You have two talents. One is to bullshit on military affairs even if you have zilch military knowledge except those learnt from Bollywood movies. The second talent is to curse others with vulgar descriptions.

With such knowledge, I think you have a career being a gigolo to gay Blangah workers. You can entertain them with your laughable military theories while you let them pump your asshole. Then you can curse their employers while you give them hand jobs.

 

[Agoraphobic]

It is not difficult for an industrial country to come up with equivalent arms to challenge opponents in a destructive manner. A real forward looking country would be better off coming up with creative ideas to improve humanity and quality of life. I think China should refocus her efforts to coming up with ideas and creations to challenge the works of US companies like Walt Disney.

Cheera!

 

[escher]

It is not difficult for an industrial country to come up with equivalent arms to challenge opponents in a destructive manner. A real forward looking country would be better off coming up with creative ideas to improve humanity and quality of life. I think China should refocus her efforts to coming up with ideas and creations to challenge the works of US companies like Walt Disney.

Cheera!

Mankind being mankind, seemed destined on a path of self destruction.
Nothing that will be said or written will ever be of any use.

I read a saying and felt that to be very real and reproduced below.

I dont know how the 3rd World War will be fought and the weapons that will be used.
But I do know the 4th World War will be fought with sticks and stones.

 

[Agoraphobic]

Our species has evolved and developed well ahead of any other on this planet mainly because we're able to cooperate. Although competition and advanced technology and capitalistic greed brought about greater advancement, that will come to an end as our combined advancement usurps the planets resources and we pollute our abode. To solve this calls for international cooperativeness and I believe that the lessons and sufferings learnt from past wars will be put behind us for mankinds next push - to colonize space. For this to happen, we have to let go of our primitve primal past and strive for greater humanness. War is not the solution.

Cheers!

Mankind being mankind, seemed destined on a path of self destruction.
Nothing that will be said or written will ever be of any use.

I read a saying and felt that to be very real and reproduced below.

I dont know how the 3rd World War will be fought and the weapons that will be used.
But I do know the 4th World War will be fought with sticks and stones.

 

[escher]

I did a check and was delighted to find the quotation of WW4 being fought with sticks and stones to be from Albert Einstein.

We need to remain realists and not idealists.

The world is not a place where we can go about unprotected. All kinds of evil self seeking bastards out there.
Such as how Singapore became totally enslaved and brutalised to becoming the most miserable country on this planet.

But then, Sinkies got what they fucking deserved. For their lack of balls and for voting and voting those bastards in white again and again.