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China's YJ-20 missile test from a Type 055 destroyer marks a key step toward deployment, enhancing long-range naval strike and anti-access/area-denial capabilities, experts say.
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China’s New YJ-20 Hypersonic Missile Has a Message for the U.S. Navy
Key Points and Summary – China has released video showing what it calls a “finalization test” of the ship-launched YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile fired from a PLAN Type 055 destroyer. -The footage appears to show a cold-launch from an aft VLS cell and a successful strike on a maritime target, implying the weapon could be […] The post China’s New YJ-20 Hypersonic Missile Has a Message for the U.S. Navy appeared first on 19FortyFive.
China Conducts First Confirmed Sea Launch Of YJ-20 Hypersonic Missile From Type 055 Destroyer
Screengrab from X video posted by PLA Military Updates China has carried out its first officially confirmed sea launch of the YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile from a surface warship. Chinese state media reported that the missile was fired from the Type 055 guided-missile destroyer Wuxi during a final-stage trial at sea. The report said the missile successfully hit and destroyed a maritime target at an undisclosed distance, indicating…
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