{"id":155812,"date":"2026-08-08T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155812"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:00:05","slug":"how-beijings-hypersonic-carrier-killers-could-distract-us-forces-in-a-taiwan-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155812","title":{"rendered":"How Beijing\u2019s hypersonic \u2018carrier killers\u2019 could distract US forces in a Taiwan conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe advancement and diversification of Beijing\u2019s anti-ship missile platforms have bolstered its denial capabilities in the first island chain and could divert US and allied navies from warfare in a Taiwan Strait contingency, according to analysts.<br \/>\nLast week, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV released a video of a Type 052D destroyer firing a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from its vertical launch system, showcasing the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy\u2019s increased ability to target surface&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3363386\/how-chinas-hypersonic-carrier-killers-could-distract-us-forces-taiwan-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe advancement and diversification of Beijing\u2019s anti-ship missile platforms have bolstered its denial capabilities in the first island chain and could divert US and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155812"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}