Mark Lewis, executive director of the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute, and former director of defense research and engineering for modernization at the Pentagon. “The investments that we’ve seen the Chinese make in hypersonics are frankly startling,” said Dr. Hypersonic weapons can fly faster than Mach 5 with a high level of maneuverability that makes it challenging for traditional missile defense systems to defeat them. In 2020, the rocket force began fielding its first operational hypersonic weapon system, the DF-17, the report noted. “The PLARF is a critical component of the PRC’s … strategy to deter and counter third-party intervention in regional conflicts,” the study said. Its inventory includes a variety of conventional mobile, ground-launched short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles and ground-launched cruise missiles, with the capability of conducting precision strikes against ground targets and naval targets, according to the Pentagon’s latest report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.” National security experts are recommending steps the United States can take to mitigate the threat before it’s too late.īeijing’s land-based missile systems are managed by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force. military forces in the event of a conflagration in the Indo-Pacific region over the fate of Taiwan or other flashpoints.
China’s inventory of advanced missiles would be one of the thorniest problems facing U.S.
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