Chandrashekar, S and Ganesh, RN and Raghunath, CR and Nagappa, Rajaram and Ramani, N and Sundaresan, Lalitha
(2011)
China's anti-ship ballistic missile game changer in the pacific ocean (NIAS Report No. R5-2011).
Report.
NIAS, Bangalore.
Abstract: |
China’s spectacular economic growth in the last
decade has been accompanied by its impressive
performance in the areas of space, missiles and
warship building. Among the more remarkable of
these has been its development of an Anti-Ship
Ballistic Missile (ASBM), which according to experts,
is intended to deter or target US aircraft carriers.
Western media and naval sources reacted with
concern bordering on alarm to the reports of the
development of the ASBM. There were also skeptics
who strongly doubted China’s capability to design
and engineer such a missile along with the
sophisticated technical infrastructure that its
operation requires. However in May 2010 when a
senior US Admiral declared that in his view the
Chinese ASBM had reached “Initial Operational
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Schools > International Strategic and Security Studies Programme |
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