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By Kris Osborn – Warrior Maven
(Washington, D.C.) The Chinese military fired off one of its much-hyped “carrier-killer” missiles at night as part of an effort to refine guidance systems and targeting technologies for more challenging combat circumstances such as tracking targets without daylight.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force shot a DF-26 anti-ship missile at midnight during multi-wave mock fire strikes and the transfer and loading of missiles, the Chinese Global Times newspaper said.
“After launching a first wave of missile strikes, the troops received orders to relocate, reload and start a second wave of strikes. The drills also simulated a hostile attack on a launch position, and the troops had to maneuver to a backup launch location,” the Chinese report said.
The Chinese forces also, as cited in the report, practiced maneuver operations under hostile fire to preserve an ability to attack while under hostile fire. These circumstances are one of several reasons the Chinese military places such value upon operating mobile launchers as they can maneuver to avoid being tracked or subject to air attack.
Night maneuvers, the Chinese report said, introduce additional tactical variables such as the need to carefully manage any signal or signature which might compromise a launch position.
