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We Have the Missiles to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers: China’s Flex Message Is Clear

Key Points and Summary - Beijing’s A2/AD playbook centers on DF-21D, DF-26B, and DF-17 missiles designed to hold U.S. carriers and bases at risk from the First to Second Island Chains. -The real edge ...
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‘To The Bottom In Minutes’: China Has Countless Missiles Ready to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

Key Points and Summary - China’s anti-ship “kill chain” couples DF-21D/DF-26B/DF-17 salvos with satellites, OTH radars and scouts to push carriers outside strike range. -But finding, fixing and ...
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Is the US navy capable of designing a functional DDGX class that it can afford to build?

I'm pretty sure USS Thomas Hudner doesn't have ODIN installed or else it would have been visible in those photos last year. I'd argue the Mk 45 5" gun actually does not have that great a rate of fire ...