USS Higgins Launches Missile

China’s Navy Gains on US Fleet in One Lethal Way

What’s New China’s Navy has significantly closed the gap with its U.S. counterpart in vertical launch system (VLS) missile cells, now boasting more than half the U.S. Navy’s total, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Why It Matters Vertical launch systems, introduced on U.S. Navy ships in the 1980s, are modular compartments…

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