China's Hypersonic Missile Locks On Japan and U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Relations between China and Japan have recently deteriorated sharply over the Taiwan issue. After Takahashi Hayato refused to retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan, China immediately launched a military deterrence. In addition to naval exercises in the Yellow Sea, a Chinese aerospace technology company released a promotional video for its new "Yukong Ji-1000" hypersonic missile, which directly simulated the missile launching a devastating attack on the U.S. aircraft carrier battle group and multiple cities in Japan such as Nagoya!

According to the Hong Kong "Ming Pao", the simulation combat image contains a lot of information. The "Yukong Ji-1000" missile sets the U.S. strongest aircraft carrier, the Ford, as an imaginary enemy, demonstrating this missile's ability to automatically identify targets and maneuver to avoid enemy interception.

What has drawn more attention is the end of the video, where a clear topographic map of Japan appears on the screen, followed by at least 8 "Yukong Ji-1000" missiles flying rapidly toward the Japanese archipelago, with targets including Nagoya and other important cities. Due to the sensitive timing of this release, the outside world generally interprets it as further military deterrence from China against Japan's comments on Taiwan.

It is reported that this weapon is a general-purpose hypersonic missile, with a maximum range of up to 1300 kilometers, and a flight speed of 5 to 7 Mach. It uses rocket booster launch, after which it separates and ignites the ramjet engine for power cruise, lasting up to 360 seconds.

Notably, this missile system is mainly deployed through land-based launch vehicles. Its appearance is camouflaged, and after assembly, it resembles a standard cargo container, which can be transported by road. This "container missile" design makes it extremely difficult to detect in advance by satellites or other reconnaissance methods, giving it a high level of battlefield survivability and surprise capability.

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