China’s multi-platform hypersonic strike force takes shape
Dec 20, 2024 · The YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile, capable of speeds up to Mach 10, was tested from a Type 055 cruiser, highlighting its operational flexibility and survivability. The missile’s introduction marks a pivotal evolution in China’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy, with its speed rendering current shipboard defense systems ineffective.
How China is reaching into the Indo-Pacific with hypersonic missiles
Dec 20, 2024 · The Chinese military has “the world’s leading” hypersonic missile arsenal, weapons that are helping it to operate “deeper into the Indo-Pacific region”, according to the Pentagon’s ...
People's Liberation Army Rocket Force - Wikipedia
In May 1980, China successfully test launched its full-range ICBM, the Dongfeng-5 (CCS-4); the missile flew from central China to the Western Pacific, where it was recovered by a naval task force. The Dongfeng-5 possessed the capability to hit …
Drones and rockets bring rainfall to China during record-breaking ...
Aug 27, 2022 · Drones were dispatched over the Sichuan province in southwest China to bring rainfall to more than 600 sq/km (232 sq/miles) of land. Local authorities used rockets to bring rainfall to 20 counties and districts in the Chongqing municipality of southwest China on Thursday.
China's hypersonic missile: Could it spark a new arms race? - BBC
Oct 23, 2021 · The news that China had tested a new nuclear-capable hypersonic missile was described by some as a game-changer that stunned US officials. So how big a deal is this, asks Jonathan...
To Fight Severe Drought, China Is Turning to Technology
Sep 1, 2022 · It was just another round of artillery fire in China’s war against its current drought—the worst on record in the country. Using chemicals to artificially cause the release of rain from clouds is...
China’s weapons systems - South China Morning Post
Nov 13, 2024 · Last month’s launch of Beijing’s deadliest intercontinental ballistic missile outside Chinese airspace puts spotlight on its fast growing nuclear arsenal. Almost a decade has passed since the...
Geolocating China’s Unprecedented Missile Launch - fas.org
Oct 16, 2024 · On September 25, 2024, the Chinese Ministry of National Defence announced that the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) had test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the South Pacific. The announcement stated that this was a “routine arrangement in [their] annual training plan.”
China inducing rainfall to combat severe drought - BBC
Aug 17, 2022 · Chinese authorities are attempting to induce rainfall in parts of central and southwest China amid a severe drought and record-breaking heatwave. The Yangtze River - Asia's longest waterway -...
What China’s hypersonic test launch reveals about the global …
Oct 21, 2021 · Revelations by the Financial Times that China tested two hypersonic weapons in recent months have sparked alarm among US defence officials because it suggests Beijing is making faster progress...