a hrefhttps:cms.hoover.orgresearchchina-develops-missile-target-planes-thousands-miles-away hreflangenChina Develops Missile to Target Planes Thousands of Miles Awaya

The PRC has developed hypersonic glide vehicles capable of launching air-to-air weaponsa capability no other country is known to possess that could threaten high-value US support aircraft like tankers and airborne command posts thousands of miles away, part of a broader expansion of its missile arsenal (the worlds largest at over 3,150 ballistic missiles) even as the US struggles with depleted munitions stocks after six months of war with Iran.