Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Dong Feng.

Thius is coolbert:

The latest and greatest Chinese threat to the American aircraft carrier task force has materialized?

"Chinese Develop Special 'Kill Weapon' to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers"

"an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) [a modified Dong Feng 21 missile] that can strike carriers and other U.S. vessels at a range of 2000km."

"Supporting the missile is a network of satellites, radar and unmanned aerial vehicles that can locate U.S. ships and then guide the weapon, enabling it to hit moving targets."

An existing ballistic missile, the Dong Feng 21, has been modified as an anti-ship missile of extraordinary range. Able to attack at long distance an American aircraft carrier battle group.

A ground based mobile missile that resembles the U.S. Pershing II? The Dong Feng 21 is part of an entire family of Chinese ballistic missiles. Modification of a ballistic missile to attack naval vessels on the high seas is a first for any military? Ordinarily the Dong Feng would carry a nuclear warhead. A conventional warhead of massive and prodigious proportions can be fitted to the Dong Feng 21?

And from a comment to this particular web article:

"the Chinese are thought to have stolen the plans to the US Pershing II's. The Pershing II's had a radar guided terminal phase allowing for last moment maneuvering allowing pin point accuracy"

The DF-21 is a two-stage, solid-fuel, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) . . . [a] solid-fueled balletic missile . . . The missile carries a single 500 kT nuclear warhead, up to 1,800 km range.

This development resembles to a degree the old coast artillery? NOW, ballistic missiles have replaced the old fashioned cannon that has been passe' for a long time now, but with much extended range?

The Dong Feng 21 does not exist in a vacuum? Requires "a network of satellites, radar and unmanned aerial vehicles"! Otherwise is blind and cannot find the target? Attack that network and the Dong Feng is a "boxer" deaf and blind!

coolbert.

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