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PLA Rocket Force DF-26 ballistic missile strikes mock US aircraft carrier in Taklamakan test

Published 6 November 2026

The PLA Rocket Force conducted a live-fire test of a Dongfeng-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile against a full-scale replica of a US aircraft carrier placed in the Taklamakan Desert. The DF-26 is China’s principal carrier-killing ballistic missile and can carry conventional or nuclear anti-ship warheads at ranges designed to engage US carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific.

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