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"CHINA'S MASSIVE MISSILE FORCES" China's People's Liberation Army Rocket Force has invested heavily in long-range anti-ship ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, designed to target U.S. and allied naval assets from afar and potentially deny access to key areas like the Taiwan Strait. The U.S. Navy isn't passive. Over the...

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Iran could possess anti-ship hypersonic missiles with a range of up to 2,500 km Iran has several anti-ship missiles with ranges exceeding 1,000 km, but what few people realize is that Iran has also conducted guidance tests to convert its large ballistic missiles into anti-ship variants. In addition, in the early 2000s, Iran acquired at least 12 Kh-22 missiles from Ukraine; though limited to a 700 km range, these are notoriously hard to intercept. Iran’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) strike from above at very high speeds. Adapted from land-based systems for naval targets, they feature maneuverable reentry vehicles (MaRV) to evade defenses. Attention has focused on the Shahab-3 and its variants, such as the Emad. A demonstration came during the “Great Prophet 15” exercise in 2021, when Iran claimed hits on simulated targets 1,800 km away in the Indian Ocean, near the USS Nimitz using MaRV for precision. The exercise also included the Sejjil and its variants (including the reported Sejjil-3, with potential range up to 2,500 km), with impact points reportedly as close as 160 km to a U.S. carrier strike group and 32 km to a ship. Although some critics point out the lack of independent evidence, the missiles’ maneuverability clearly gives them real anti-ship potential. I remain skeptical of many Iranian announcements, but when it comes to their missiles, I’m more inclined to be less skeptical. Iran is a big player regarding missile technology, more advanced than any western country.

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