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Summary and Key Points: China’s Dong Feng-21 missile, first deployed in 1991, embodies Beijing’s long-standing strategy of “Active Defense,” which is strategically defensive but operationally ...

What You Need to Know: China is advancing its military strategy with a robust anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capability centered on systems like the DF-21D missile ...

China’s strange new launch structures at Jilantai may be experimental systems, but they point toward a harder problem for Taiwan and Washington: faster conventional missile fire in the first hours of ...

Summary and Key Points: China’s DF-21D is the anti-ship variant of the DF-21 family, designed to hold U.S. carrier strike groups at risk from land-based launchers. -With an estimated 1,500–2,000 ...

In 2007, China secretly sold Saudi Arabia improved ballistic missiles with U.S. approval Newsweek magazine is reporting. According to the report, which cites a “well-placed intelligence source,” in ...

July 11, 2025: China now has ballistic missiles that can hit ships, especially aircraft carriers, at sea. The U.S. Navy has not been open about how it plans to defend its ships against Chinese ...

China showcased its advanced Dongfeng series missiles The DF-21 is described as the most advanced in the series with the DF-21D billed as the world's first anti-ship ballistic missile China has set up ...

[Military Analyst Kim Daeyoung]The Dongfeng (DF)-21 series ballistic missiles are well known as medium-range ballistic missiles operated by the Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The PLA's anti-access/area denial arsenal is slowly but steadily expanding.