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an hours drive north of montgomery, alabama. they say it started with an argument that turned into a gunfight at the mahogany master pissed dance studio during a sweet 16 party. so far though there is no word on the suspect or the suspect who did this. arthel: im sorry eric, lets go to charles watson right now. he has live in dadeville with the very latest on this. what more can you tell us? >> good afternoon arthel and eric. not a lot of confirmed information to go off of from police....

Advances in technology have made aircraft carriers vulnerable to enemy fire once again. Anti-ship missiles can now reach and challenge the air defense of an aircraft carrier group. This development could change the face of war in a potential conflict between the U.S. and China in the Indo-Pacific.

China's People's Liberation Army Rocket Forces (PLARF) possess the DF-26B intermediate-range ballistic missile, known as the "Guam Killer," capable of reaching U.S. facilities on Guam.

The DF-26B allows China to target US Navy warships operating near regions China considers to be within its sphere of influence. This capability means that all those expensive US Navy warships—notably aircraft carriers—will be vulnerable to attack from the DF-26B. The DF-26B carries the nickname “carrier killer.” 

Chinese military spokesmen have neither confirmed nor denied the expansion of the ICBM force, and the authors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists chapter on China acknowledged the opacity of the PLARF: "Analyzing and estimating Chinas nuclear forces is a challenging endeavor, particularly given the relative lack of state-originating data and the tight control of messaging surrounding the countrys nuclear arsenal and doctrine." Beijing has never officially revealed warhead numbers,...

The Third Taiwan Crisis in 1995-1996 exposed China to the strategic dominance of U.S. aircraft carriers, marking a turning point in Chinese military planning.

If the DF-26 missile is indeed a capable killer of US vessels, the Chinese will have a relatively cheap way to thwart expensive and difficult-to-replace US vessels.

China's DF-26B is the ultimate aircraft carrier-killer missile if it can indeed strike from 2,500 miles away. But is it all hype or reality? 

Japan and US claim PLA could quadruple nukes by 2035, but defence experts say China prioritises precision-strike capabilities and preventing interception over developing large numbers of warheads.

According to report, mainland China’s military is replacing short-range weapons with the DF-17 and DF-26 to target the island and its allies.