{
  "id": 3214286,
  "title": "China’s YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific’s naval balance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/chinas-yj-20-hypersonic-missile-tilting-pacifics-naval-balance",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T07:04:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/chinas-yj-20-hypersonic-missile-tilting-pacifics-naval-balance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Footage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a Type 052D destroyer, marking a quiet but significant shift in the region’s naval balance. Until now, the YJ-20 was thought to be reserved for China’s 12,000-ton Type 055 super destroyers, its most […] The post China’s YJ-20 hypersonic missile…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Asia Times",
        "title": "New US ‘Malice’ missile aims at China’s carrier kill chain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/new-us-malice-missile-aims-at-chinas-carrier-kill-chain",
        "published": "2026-08-25T04:40:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}