U.S. Navy
A Russian Bear-H bomber recently flew over the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in the Pacific. It was shadowed by a U.S. warplane.
One little-noticed intelligence disclosure contained in the Pentagon's annual report on Chinese military power says China now has ballistic missiles designed to hit U.S. aircraft carriers and ships at sea.
The missiles are described in the report as part of China's "anti-access/area denial capabilities" that include "anti-ship ballistic missiles designed to strike ships at sea, including aircraft carriers."
Using a ballistic missile to target ships requires a degree of sophistication not shown by Chinese missiles in the past, and indicates China's military has mastered precision missile targeting, no doubt helped by the theft of U.S. warhead design and other secrets through espionage in the 1990s.
Other new weapons that are part of the precision-guided missile arsenal are advanced cruise missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles
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