The United States is also nervous about a new Chinese ballistic missile that could theoretically explode a U.S. aircraft carrier nearly 2, 000 miles out to sea.

美国也对一种新型的可以理论上摧毁2000英里外海上的美国航空母舰的弹道导弹表示焦虑。

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The United States is also nervous about a new Chinese ballistic missile that could theoretically explode a U. S. aircraft carrier nearly 2,000 miles out to sea.

美国也对一种新型的可以理论上摧毁2000英里外海上的美国航空母舰的弹道导弹表示焦虑。

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China is moving closer to deploying a ballistic missile designed to sink an aircraft carrier, the commander of the U. S. Pacific command said in newspaper interview published Tuesday.

美国太平洋司令部司令在周二出版的一则报纸访问中说，中国朝着部署以击沉航空母舰为目的的弹道导弹又近了一步。

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The highlights were several new missiles, including a ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear warhead and another one that has been nicknamed the "aircraft carrier killer."

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Nowhere is this more evident than in China's development of an anti-ship ballistic missile capability, specifically designed to target U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups that are the principle obstacle to China's expansion goals in the Western Pacific.

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While those missiles were influenced by the old U.S. Pershing 2 radar guided ballistic missile, China's system is far more capable and effectively keeps U.S. carrier battle groups out of their range until the U.S. Navy can put enough truly effective anti-missile defenses to sea.

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China also confirmed for the first time that it was developing an antiship ballistic missile that the Pentagon says may already be basically operational and eventually capable of hitting a moving aircraft carrier up to 1, 700 miles, or 2, 700 kilometers, from China's shores.

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