Chinese Scientists War-Game Hypersonic Strike on US Carrier Group in South China Sea
- Chinese Scientists War-Game Hypersonic Strike on US Carrier Group in South China Sea
by Stephen Chen * Military planners conclude the Gerald R. Ford and its fleet could be destroyed ‘with certainty’ in rare published report
* The researchers said 24 hypersonic anti-ship missiles were used to sink the US Navy’s newest carrier and its group in 20 simulated battles
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Hypersonic weapons could be “catastrophic” for the most potent aircraft carrier group in the US fleet, according to war game simulations run by a team of military planners in China. Over 20 intense battles, Chinese forces sank the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier fleet with a volley of 24 hypersonic anti-ship missiles, in a simulation run on a mainstream war game software platform used by China’s military.
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