Tuesday, March 25, 2014

DF-21D missile could sink US aircraft carrier: report

Carrier hitThe People's Liberation Army Navy's DF-21D anti-ship missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers and has the capability to sink a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to the Hindu, an English-language Indian newspaper, on Mar. 5, citing a recently published report.

The report released by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore states that China's Beidou satellite navigation system will help increase the accuracy of the country's missiles greatly.

The report, written by various experts in India, concluded that the DF-21D has shaken the traditional view of the US Navy's unassailable superiority in the Asia-Pacific region.

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