US fast-tracks new ship-killer missile to point at China The US Army’s fast-tracked anti-ship missile could fill a key Pacific gap, but its deterrent value will hinge on production capacity, launcher survivability and China’s continued preference for coercion over invasion in Taiwan. Naval News reports the US Army is accelerating development of a new anti-ship variant of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), known as […] The post US fast-tracks new ship-killer missile to point at China appeared first on Asia Times .
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View all signals →Iran tanker evades US blockade, reaches Asia Pacific, report says A Very Large Crude Carrier linked to National Iranian Tanker Company has evaded the United States naval blockade and reached the Asia Pacific carrying more than 1.9 million barrels of crude oil, according to TankerTrackers.com. In a post on X, the firm identified the vessel as “HUGE” and said it was last seen off Sri Lanka and is now transiting the Lombok Strait towards the Riau Archipelago. TankerTrackers.com said the vessel had been in Iranian waters on 13 April, when the blockade was announced, and had not transmitted tracking signals since 20 March.