As a superpower, the United States is extremely anxious about China's rapid development and rise. The country now sees China as an imaginary enemy in many areas and uses a variety of tactics to try to get a glimpse of China's details in all areas. In particular, information at the level of military equipment is what the United States is most eager to obtain.
Recently, Planet Labs, a U.S. commercial satellite company, posted images of the desert in northwest China on social media. These images show the vastness and desolation of the desert, making one wonder about the hidden stories and future possibilities of this land.
In the picture, we are amazed to see a large black pattern in the desert. On closer inspection, this turned out to be a flat view of an aircraft carrier. Amazingly, Americans believe that the pattern was created on the basis of the USS Ford, the newest aircraft carrier in the US Navy.
If you look closely, you will see that both the layout of the deck and the location of the aircraft carrier ship island are exactly the same as those of the USS Ford. Even, in order to be closer to the truth, four catapults were carefully added. All these details make this pattern the same as that of the USS Ford.
The American interpretation of the model built by our country in the desert is that it is intended to simulate a target ship for striking aircraft carriers. Obviously, the United States releases and hypes such information with the intention of promoting our country as an imaginary enemy and preparing for future deterrence and strikes against American aircraft carriers by simulating the latest aircraft carriers in the desert.
In 2012, the Americans found analogue patterns of large ships in the desert areas of our country, not only aircraft carriers, but also missile destroyers. Satellite footage clearly shows the obvious craters that are sufficient to prove that powerful missiles were used to attack.
In the face of this situation, I would like to emphasize that whether or not it is directed against US aircraft carriers, we hope that the US side will clearly understand that this is an operation carried out on our own Chinese territory. It is our sovereignty that we have the right to freely simulate various combat situations and to experiment with various means. The United States has no right to interfere, let alone make any negative remarks about it.
Secondly, it is not uncommon to conduct attack drills against large warships on the sea surface in the desert. In fact, even the United States has similar projects carried out, the purpose of which is to obtain more first-hand information and provide valuable experience and data support for subsequent scientific research projects.
When we mention the methods of striking aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, and other surface ships, we must realize that our ** unit has mastered advanced missile technology. These missiles mainly include the DF-21D, YJ-21 and DF-26. The power and accuracy of these missiles have undoubtedly provided our team with a powerful means of attack.
The Dongfeng 21D missile, known as the nemesis of aircraft carriers. The missile uses solid-fuel technology and can be used by a carrier truck for rapid maneuvering operations at any time. Its range is about 1500 km, and it can break through 2500 km at its limit. In terms of navigation, it relies on China's self-developed Beidou satellite system to ensure accuracy. The total weight of this missile is about 147 tons, the weight of a conventional warhead is about 800 kg.
If necessary, it can even carry a nuclear warhead with a yield of 3 million tons. Its speed can soar to an astonishing 10 times the speed of sound. When the DF-21D approached the aircraft carrier, there were currently no effective means of interception around the world, which made it an extremely high deterrent on the battlefield.
At the beginning of last year, we announced some of the parameters of the YJ-21 anti-ship missile. The missile is capable of flying at an astonishing speed of up to 6 times the speed of sound, with a terminal flight speed of up to 10 times the speed of sound.
The advantage of the YJ-21 missile over the DF-21D is that it can be equipped on our missile destroyers, providing powerful strike firepower for naval battle formations, especially aircraft carrier battle formations. This missile is the world's first carrier-based version of hypersonic **, and China's technical application on this ** platform is very mature.
Not only that, but we have also developed the YJ-21E as a foreign trade version**, demonstrating our country's leading position in the field of military technology.
The Dongfeng-26 missile, as a representative of China's medium-range ballistic missile with both nuclear and conventional capabilities, has the ability to launch without support in the same region as the Dongfeng-21D. It can accurately hit all kinds of water or land targets, with a range of up to 5,000 kilometers. What's even more shocking is that the Dongfeng-26 can carry a nuclear warhead weighing up to 10 tons and sprint at an astonishing 18 times the speed of sound, making it known as an uninterceptable missile in the world.