U.S. 7th Fleet commander said the DF-21D will not change the deployment of U.S. military force
Date:2011-08-30Author:adminCategory:China militaryComment:0
data map; PLA Second Artillery Corps, the new DF-21C in the long-range conventional missiles. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yushe
Global Network reporter Zhu Ying library report, February 15, according to the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Seventh Fleet commander, Admiral Kirk Scott Jacobs ? Van ? (Scott van Buskirk) has said that as a symbol of China’s military build China’s new “carrier killer” missile will not force the Navy to change its deployment in the Pacific.
U.S. Department of Defense analysts believe that China’s “aircraft carrier killer” missile – Dongfeng 21D missile balance of power in Asia will be reversed, and the U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups on self-rule since the end of World War II of the region.
However, the U.S. Seventh Fleet commander Jacobs Kirk said in an interview, the U.S. Navy that China “is stricken by such weapons” will not give the U.S. aircraft carrier – the Navy’s “crown jewels “create any insurmountable destruction.
he said, “This is not us navy aircraft carrier or the ‘Achilles heel’ (soft spot), it is just a weapon system, there is a real technology.”
reported that Dongfeng 21D missile is considered to have the ability to accurately hit moving targets under strict protection, such as the United States, “George ? Washington” aircraft carrier. The goal of such a large complex, even the Soviets gave up a similar (to deal) program.
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