{"id":560971,"date":"2021-06-11T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560971"},"modified":"2021-06-11T13:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:37:01","slug":"china-tests-guam-killer-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-tests-guam-killer-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"China Tests \u2018Guam Killer\u2019 Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-tests-guam-killer-missiles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.551912568306\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Could strike U.S. carriers in South China Sea<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-486281108_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-486281108_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-486281108_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-486281108_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tMilitary vehicles carrying DF-26 ballistic missiles, drive past the Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two on September 3, 2015 in Beijing, China. \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 June 11, 2021 1:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"72.645633652822\">\n<p><span>The Chinese military tested a set of intermediate-range missiles that could strike U.S. aircraft carriers in the South China Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The People&#8217;s Liberation Army Rocket Force\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2020\/Sep\/01\/2002488689\/-1\/-1\/1\/2020-DOD-CHINA-MILITARY-POWER-REPORT-FINAL.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considered<\/a> by experts to be one of the most dangerous branches of the Chinese military\u2014tested the DF-26 missiles on Tuesday, <\/span><span>according<\/span><span> to Chinese state media<\/span><span>. The missiles, which are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/reboot\/guam-killer-chinas-df-26-ballistic-missile-could-be-even-more-deadly-if-armed-nuclear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>known<\/span><\/a><span> as &#8220;Guam killers&#8221; or &#8220;carrier killers&#8221; due to their extended range, could threaten the U.S. Navy&#8217;s ability to respond to crises in the South China Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Col. Jiang Feng, the deputy commander of the brigade that tested the missiles, said the <\/span>Chinese military conducted the test to ensure it is &#8220;able to fight at any time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We have been holding night exercises on a regular basis recently, which usually continue until early the next day,&#8221; Jiang said. &#8220;We often change training grounds, striking targets and launch bases without prior notice to test the troops&#8217; skills and pave the way for the brigade to fight, and be able to fight at any time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The advanced weaponry\u2014which have a range of nearly 2,500 miles\u2014can be used to strike naval targets but also have nuclear capabilities. During the Cold War, nuclear treaties between the Soviet Union and the United States prohibited the production of similar missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The missile tests come shortly after the release of the Biden administration&#8217;s 2022 defense budget request, which<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-defense-budget-gives-china-upper-hand-republican-hawks-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>pared back<\/span><\/a><span> the Navy&#8217;s ability to build up its fleet and procure weapons.\u00a0<\/span>Acting Navy Secretary Thomas W. Harker warned in an internal memo, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-budget-forces-navy-to-cut-construction-of-high-tech-ships-internal-memo-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked<\/a> on Tuesday, that the budget cuts could constrain the branch&#8217;s ability to develop missiles, destroyers, submarines, and fighter jets. Republican defense hawks say the constraints could leave the Navy ill-prepared in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Could strike U.S. carriers in South China Sea  Military vehicles carrying DF-26 ballistic missiles, drive past the Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2280037,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-486281108_736x514-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"China Tests \u2018Guam Killer\u2019 Missiles","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-486281108_736x514-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"China Tests \u2018Guam Killer\u2019 Missiles","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}