By Harry Kazianis
It's been called the "carrier-killer." And no one knows whether its touted powers are real. But according to internet rumors Monday, China may have just deployed it. The missiles have been deployed, said reports, in the hotly contested South China Sea and represent a possible early use of a new deterrent technology, the DF-21D or ‘carrier-killer’ missile. But readers should be skeptical of these reports.
Focus Taiwan reported that China deployed the “brigade in its southern province of Guangdong as part of a ‘shock and awe’ strategy to deter other countries with claims to the South China Sea from challenging its dominance in the region, a local newspaper reported Monday.” The piece goes on to suggest that “Missiles installed at the base might include Dongfeng (DF)-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles and Dongfeng-16 -- a new type of ballistic missile that has a longer range than anything in China's current cross-Taiwan Strait arsenal, according to the report.”
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