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#THREAD: Top Navy Intel Officer Hopes #China Will Keep Dumping Money Into Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles
The #USNavy is strongly hinting that it feels it's well on its way to mitigating the very real threats posed by anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38988/top-navy-intel-officer-hopes-china-will-keep-dumping-money-into-anti-ship-ballistic-missiles
The #USNavy is strongly hinting that it feels it's well on its way to mitigating the very real threats posed by anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38988/top-navy-intel-officer-hopes-china-will-keep-dumping-money-into-anti-ship-ballistic-missiles
2) At the same time, he said he "hopes" that China's People's Liberation Army will continue to invest significant resources into these efforts, hinting that the U.S. Navy already has extensive measures to counter these threats already in use now or in development.
3) His comments came 2 months after the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force had successfully struck a moving target ship near the Paracel Island chain in the South China Sea with at least 1 ballistic missile fired from the Chinese mainland during an exercise earlier last year.
4) The DF-21D has a range of at least 932 miles, while DF-26-series missiles can reach targets out to 2,500 miles. If these missiles are indeed viable anti-ship weapons, they would give the PLA a way to carry out very-long range strikes on enemy fleets from the Chinese mainland.
5) However, not only did Vice Admiral Trussler seem less concerned about PLA anti-ship missile capabilities than one would expect, he made clear he was happy with them continuing to pour time and resources into those efforts.
6) The clear indication here is that Trussler is aware of countermeasures, whether they be certain systems or tactics, techniques, and procedures, that are either available now or in development. The Vice Admiral did not offer any specific details about what the Navy is doing.
