A senior defense official called the antiship ballistic missile a "great concern" but added: "They still have a long way to go." ❋ Unknown (2010)
China is building stealth-fighter aircraft but Washington is more concerned about antiship missiles that could threaten the U.S. Naval fleet in the Pacific and beyond. ❋ Adam Entous (2011)
He said China's military was becoming more open, but not enough to reassure the U.S. about how it plans to use its new capabilities, which include an aircraft carrier and an antiship ballistic missile, both of which are expected to be deployed in the next year or so. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
Beidou could be used in conjunction with other satellites, drones and related technology to help track U.S. ships, position its own submarines and other vessels, and guide antiship ballistic missiles towards their targets, according to military experts. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
Doing so first would require destroying Iran's antiship missiles, its small attack craft, and finally using minesweepers to clear the waterway. ❋ Keith Johnson (2012)
Does he have any antiaircraft or antiship capability? ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)
On Tuesday, the Interfax news agency quoted a general staff official as saying the military plans to install Yakhont antiship cruise missiles, as well as the Tor-M2 antiaircraft system and Mi-28H "Night Hunter" attack helicopters, on the islands. ❋ Gregory L. White (2011)
Gen. Chen insisted that China's newly developed weaponry—including a "carrier-killing" antiship ballistic missile and an aircraft carrier expected to begin sea trials in August—was only for defensive purposes, but offered no new information on either. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
China now has 29 submarines armed with antiship cruise missiles, compared with just eight in 2002, according to Rand Corp., another think tank with ties to the military. ❋ Julian E. Barnes (2012)
Iran has thousands of minesand any ship that can carry a mine is by definition a mine-layer, a small number of midget submarines, thousands of small watercraft that could be used in swarm attacks, and antiship cruise missiles. ❋ Bradley S. Russell (2012)
Revolutionary Guard naval commanders have greater leeway than those of Iran's regular navy, and favor guerrilla-style tactics, including swarms of fast-moving attack craft, mines, and mobile antiship missiles. ❋ Keith Johnson (2012)
Gen. Chen, his Chinese counterpart, broke with precedent by responding to questions about China's carrier and antiship ballistic missile during a joint press conference Monday. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
But in a news briefing, she reported no progress over what she called the "critical issue" of the South China Sea, or over U.S. demands for greater transparency about China's military modernization program, including the development of an aircraft carrier and an antiship ballistic missile. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
U.S. officials and experts have long expressed concerns that China's space program has potential military applications, including enhancing its ability to target U.S. aircraft carriers, and other Navy ships, with a recently deployed antiship ballistic missile. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
This year, China confirmed for the first time that it was developing an antiship ballistic missile that the Pentagon says may already be basically operational and eventually capable of hitting a moving aircraft carrier up to 1,700 miles, or 2,700 kilometers, from China's shores. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
Despite the unveiling of a new antiship cruise missile called the Qader, Iran's conventional naval and air forces—on display during the Veleyat 90 naval exercises in the Persian Gulf which ended Monday— are still no match for the U.S. and its allies in the region. ❋ Bradley S. Russell (2012)
The U.S. would have to disable land-based antiship missiles that Iran maintains on the small islands in the strait and on Iran's southern coast. ❋ Carol E. Lee (2011)
One indication was China's cautious, but nonetheless significant, attempt to respond to U.S. requests for greater transparency about the military technology it is developing—including an aircraft carrier and an antiship ballistic missile—and its strategic ambitions in the region and beyond. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
China is building dozens of new ships, plus cheap and quiet diesel-electric submarines and antiship missiles that pose a threat to U.S carriers. ❋ Unknown (2012)
