China’s US$99,000 Hypersonic Missile Shocks Global Defence Order: YKJ-1000 Could Undermine SM-6 and THAAD Cost Advantage
The YKJ-1000, according to promotional disclosures, achieves peak speeds of up to Mach 7.Central to the global debate is its astonishingly low unit cost, advertised online at approximately US$99,000 (RM463,000)—a price point that stands in dramatic contrast to Western interceptors such as the US Navy’s SM-6 which costs US$4.1 million (RM19.18 million) per round, or THAAD interceptors ranging between US$12 million and US$15 million (RM56 million to RM71 million) per missile.
反导导弹是这个价格的40－100倍，而且反导导弹每次两到三枚拦截，这真打起来，谁先破产？
