World’s Largest Hypersonic Arsenal Aimed at U.S. Carrier Groups: Pentagon Study Shows How China Would Use It

From Military Watch Magazine

The Pentagon has provided new insight into how the Chinese People’s Liberation Army could utilise its missile, anti-space and cyber assets to sink even the newest and most capable U.S. Navy carrier groups. The leaked Overmatch Brief has concluded based on simulations of multiple engagement scenarios that Chinese forces could employ a wide range of means to achieve this, with cyber operations and anti-satellite attacks playing key roles in crippling American naval operations. Attacks on surveillance and navigation satellites in particular were found to prevent American warships from carrying out targeting, routing, and battle management. Although a primary conclusion reached was that Chinese forces could, under a wide range of scenarios, successfully sink the Navy’s newest Gerald Ford class supercarriers and their strike groups, one of the most outstanding conclusions was the particularly wide range of complementary assets Chinese forces were able to employ to achieve this.