True Threat? Meet China's YJ-18 Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Beijing has a lot of missiles and it especially has been doubling down on anti-ship missiles. Key point: Washington tends to get nervous about China's new missiles, which Beijing rather likes. What have China actually revealed about this new weapon? Entering the Second World War, the United States dramatically underestimated the effectiveness of certain Japanese naval systems and operations. The tendency to look askance at Japanese naval prowess during the interwar period obviously impacted the failure to anticipate the Pearl Harbor attack. But it is less widely understood that U.S. inte...