Mach 10? that's a lot faster than anyone would imagine...how credible is this?
PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles
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The Mach-10 claim is made by the official Weibo Account of the PLA Strategic Support Force, so there's that.
However, this announcement does come as a surprise. I'm thinking that this could be a message for DC, perhaps regarding to McCarthy's planned visit to Taiwan sometime in April this year.
Do we have a rough idea of YJ-21's range. current speculations range from 700 km to 1500 km. I think 1500 km is too much of a stretch given the small size of YJ-21 relative to 1700km-range DF-21 class ballistic missiles. However, 700km sounds too small, especially if YJ-21 is capable of the sanger trajectory. Anyone with an educated speculation?
Probably depends on the flight profile.
Revisit this photo posted by @weig2000 in the 1st Type 055 Large Destroyer thread in mid-April 2022:
So far, from what is being described around military forums and observer circles, YJ-21 is being classified as an anti-ship ballistic missile (AShBM), hence #1.
Though, I'm curious as to how the developmental work on the other two missiles have gone so far...
We have yet to see CJ-10 LACM launched from 052Ds or 055s.
Sh1t. I meant to say that the YJ-21 should be #2, not #1. Dang it.
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DF-10/CJ-10 is not a naval missile, though. The Type 055 and possibly Type 052D will be using a land-attack variant of the YJ-18.
Does the PLA have ship-launched missiles with a range of more than 1,000 km?