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or antiship
: designed to destroy ships
anti-ship missiles
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Meanwhile, anti-ship training exercises will be conducted in the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea, both marginal seas of the western Pacific.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Saab revealed that the CDMS is designed for use with either the RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missile – with a range of more than 200 kilometres – or the RBS15 Mk4, which will have a range greater than 300 kilometres when deliveries begin in the late 2020s.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
China showed off some of that new capability – including powerful anti-ship missiles, during a military parade in Beijing on September 3.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
During the parade, the Chinese military showed off its most advanced hardware, including stealth jets, tanks, anti-ship missiles, hypersonic missiles and drones.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Saab revealed that the CDMS is designed for use with either the RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missile – with a range of more than 200 kilometres – or the RBS15 Mk4, which will have a range greater than 300 kilometres when deliveries begin in the late 2020s.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
China showed off some of that new capability – including powerful anti-ship missiles, during a military parade in Beijing on September 3.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
During the parade, the Chinese military showed off its most advanced hardware, including stealth jets, tanks, anti-ship missiles, hypersonic missiles and drones.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Anti-ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-ship. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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