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The DF-21 has also been developed into a space warfare-capable anti-satellite weapon/anti-missile weapon carrier. Though the launcher vehicle itself is mobile to reduce vulnerability, an actual launch unit requires support vehicles that can cover a 300×300-meter area, making it hard to move quickly and easier to detect.
China has inducted the world's first [18] operational anti-ship ballistic missile, a "carrier killer" capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads, known as the DF-21D. [19] In 2010, it was reported that China had entered the DF-21D into its early operational stage for deployment. [20]
The Carrier Killer. A model of DF-21D ballistic missile is on display at an expo in China. Ma Yue/VCG via Getty Images. A formidable threat to the US Navy's prized flattop fleet, ...
Officially designated the "DF-21D," American military men have another name for it: the Carrier-Killer. Weighing in at Raytheon Has an Anti-Chinese-Missile Missile
The DF-21D represents a far more advanced threat than the Khalij Fars and its Houthi spinoffs, and likely has served as the benchmark for U.S. Navy efforts to deploy better anti-ballistic missile ...
The DF-21D missile as seen after the military parade on 3 September 2015. The DF-21 (CSS-5) is a two-stage, solid-fuel MRBM developed by the 2nd Aerospace Academy (now China Changfeng Mechanics and Electronics Technology Academy) in late 1970s. It was the first solid-fuelled ballistic missile deployed by the Second Artillery Corp.
China has already developed a formidable arsenal of anti-ship ballistic missiles, including the DF-21D "carrier killer," and anti-ship warheads for its DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile ...
What do Iranian drones have in common with Russian hypersonic missiles and China's DF-21D "aircraft carrier killer" rocket? All three pose a clear and present danger to U.S. forces and their ...