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https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/satellite-images-expose-china-practising-blowing-up-us-warships/news-story/564e6ac42ad821f7227eab88683717ad

Satellite images expose China practising blowing up US warships

In June, Director of the US Missile Defence Agency Vice Admiral Jon Hill told the US Senate that US aircraft carriers are already facing an unprecedented threat. He was urging renewed focus and investment in new defensive technologies.

“It’s important that we have that capability now because the hypersonic threat is there now,” he said. “Regional hypersonic defence will first focus on defence in the terminal phase,” he added, referring to the moment the warhead approaches its target.

But that will rely heavily upon early warning from space-based sensors aboard new satellites and new high-speed, high-accuracy interceptor missiles.