For example, the DF-17, which is China's current mainstay hypersonic missile. The DF-17 can be converted from a land-attack hypersonic missile to an anti-ship missile.
China's goal in changing the DF-17 is so that if war breaks out, they have weapons to ward off the US Navy fleet.
For example, recently, when China conducted a computer simulation to sink the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
Quoted from SCMP, May 28, 2023, a computer simulation led by Cao Hongsong from the North University of China showed that the PLA Navy needed at least 24 hypersonic missiles to sink the US aircraft carrier
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To counter this, China fired 24 hypersonic missiles in a salvo from the Gobi Desert and other areas.
It depicts 24 missiles hitting the target and the USS Gerald R. Ford sinking.
Cao said the attack from 24 missiles was small.
It depicts 24 missiles hitting the target and the USS Gerald R. Ford sinking.
Cao said the attack from 24 missiles was small.
"It can be sunk with certainty by a relatively small number of hypersonic missiles," SCMP explained.
This simulation shows that China is ready for war against the us.