New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Beijing's PLA Navy deploys Mach-speed anti-ship killer in cold-launch spectacle, shredding targets and signaling era-ending threat to US carrier fleets.

China's military released striking footage on Sunday showing the launch of a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from the Type 055 destroyer Wuxi, marking the first official media report of such a warship firing, according to the Global Times newspaper. The video, shared by an official account of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, captures the missile erupting from a vertical launch system at the stern using a cold-launch method before streaking toward and successfully destroying its target. This demonstration arrives amid escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific, ...