Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Demonstrated by Chinese Military

The Chinese military is showing off its new supersonic missile. A video on China’s state-run CCTV shows warships destroying target ships with the CX-1 Ramjet Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile.

The CCTV video shows several launches of what it alleges are the CX-1 missiles, including vertical and horizontal launches. The video also shows the missiles arc, then move to strike their targets horizontally.

Launch cycles shown in the video appear to line up with military advertisements for the Chinese CX-1. The missiles seen in video stills from the test also seem accurate when compared to images of the CX-1 shown on military websites.

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