US believes China is poised to field ballistic anti-ship missile

This is a revised version of an article first published on 22 February . The US naval intelligence community believes that China is getting close to fielding the world's first anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), prompting concerns as to the survivability of US Pacific Fleet carrier strike groups in the face of such a threat
[first posted to http://idr.janes.com - 02 March 2010]