[Mariner]

Last year the DF-21 wa all the rage. Now we know it can be defeated with existing systems.

Now the big deal is the WU-14.

Can anyone explain to me why it's launch vehicle cannot be defeated at apogee?

I sometimes think Lockheed and Boeing write many of these articles about the emerging Chinese "parity".

Want to know what a REAL Hypersonic Strike Vehicle looks like? Go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveRider

The X-51 can be deployed like a standoff Cruise Missile from a mid-sized platform.

[raptor22]

And carrier-based aircraft could never sink battleships, as it was said before Pearl Harbor.