China rehearsed sinking US aircraft carriers with hypersonic missiles near Taiwan. Chinese forces recent missile launches were aimed at targeting any “foreign aircraft carriers” that could interfere with a “reunification-by-force operation”.
The PLA’s conventional missile launches practiced hitting foreign aircraft carriers that could intervene from the Philippine Sea in a possible reunification-by-force operation, reported Global Times.
Citing the analyst, the Communist Party’s newspaper stated that the missiles, which are more powerful than long-range rockets, can also hit targets on the island.
A number of PLA conventional missiles, including the DF-21, DF-26 and the hypersonic DF-17, can hit moving targets at sea, said the report.
In recent days, Chinese Army and the Rocket Force, the Navy and Air Force also conducted joint military operations, with more than 10 destroyers and frigates conducting joint blockades, alert patrols and reconnaissance, and more than a hundred warplanes including fighter jets and bombers conducting joint reconnaissance, air assault and support missions around Taiwan island, according to Global Times.
PLA on Thursday also deployed its latest long-range multiple-launch rocket system, PHL-191 during the exercise.
China, which currently surrounded Taiwan, had opposed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The communist regime claims sovereignty over the island nation and opposed the visit of foreign officials to the island nation.
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