Can China’s expanding hypersonic missile fleet alter the global naval balance?
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Successful launch poised to ‘improve the navy’s combat capabilities’ and create ‘nightmare’ for US Navy, military commentator says.

A Type 052D destroyer fired a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile into the air, Chinese media footage showed, displaying capabilities that pose defence challenges for the United States and its allies. A YJ-20 missile was launched from a vertical launch system (VLS) of the Type 052D destroyer, according to a video released on Wednesday by state broadcaster CCTV. It is not known when the video was taken. The YJ-20 missile, also known as a carrier-killer, debuted at Beijing’s large-scale military…

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