Popular Mechanics: China: Our Hypersonic Missiles Can Sink U.S. Aircraft Carriers
But some of China’s claims about a new missile don’t add up.
China says its new hypersonic missile, the DF-17, can sink U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The claim, which ran in several media outlets controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, came just hours after U.S. and British Royal Navy warships sailed through the South China Sea together.
Yes, China almost certainly has such missiles. Whether the country could marshal the resources to locate a carrier at sea and then sink it is a much more open question.
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WNU Editor: I can understand why some are skeptical that China does not have the technical ability to locate and then guide their missiles to his these carriers. The engineering that is necessary to make this possible is huge. But make no mistake about it .... China wants this capability, and it appears that they are putting the resources to make it possible.
