Aircraft Carrier Vs. Cruise Missile 16

From Spacewar:

China plans to equip its upcoming missiles with infrared technology
to give them the ability to hit US warships in Asia, a Japanese newspaper said
Wednesday. The upgrade is part of preparations for a potential conflict over
Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory and which has a security
pact with the United States, the Sankei Shimbun said.
Citing unnamed
military sources in Japan and Taiwan, the conservative newspaper said that China
was developing an infrared detection system for its medium-range Dongfeng-21
missiles so they can pinpoint warships.
The upgraded Dongfeng would
discourage the United States or Japan from sending in their warships equipped
with the Aegis technology designed to shoot down incoming missiles, the
newspaper said.
The Dongfeng-21 has a range of some 2,150 kilometers (1,350
miles). The Sankei estimated that around 100 are deployed.
Western analysts
have also speculated that China is also developing a next-generation long-range
Dongfeng-41 capable of hitting the US mainland.

China is stinging after US carriers foiled their attempts to invade or intimidate Taiwan in the 1990's.