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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

China’s Carrier Killers

SS-N-27 SizzlerChina’s fiercest anti-ship missile, designed by Russia and dubbed the Sizzler by NATO, has a 300-kilometer range and accelerates to roughly three times the speed of sound as it nears its target.

The Sizzler can reach farther and fly faster than the West’s top anti-ship missiles, America’s Harpoon and France’s Exocet.

Russia has also sold Sizzlers to India and possibly Iran, and Syria and Algeria have expressed interest, widening the threat.

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