Michael
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On 26 August 2020, along with a DF-26B, a DF-21D was launched into an area of the South China Sea between Hainan and the Paracel Islands.Big big doubt in the west about the reality and the real accuracy of such a weapon.
Why? because it needs a seeker, and a ballistic warhead, during the reentry, is over heated and surronded by plasma so no IR seeker possible (heat) and EM seeker not possible with plasma.
Or the warhead is higly braked for the last part of the trajectory to calm the heat and avoid plasma. But it is now a slow moving target, easily tracked by AEGIS radar and SM2 or 6 missiles.
Never forget that a carrier is not so easily targeted in the ocean, run at 20knots and can change of direction between the (possible?) detection and the arrival on target of the missile (loop detection=>fire approval=>real fire=>time of travel=>seeker search and finally target reached)
Except if the missile is fitted with a nuc warhead.... but it's another history.
You can check this live-fire target. But, the English-language media's coverage of the live firing seems to be simple. If you know Chinese, you can try to find it in Chinese media, there are very detailed reports.
At the time of the appearance of these two missiles, China did not have the technology to communicate with the black barrier. I can't find you the right information in English on how it works.
At present, China has mastered the black barrier communication technology and applied it in space science and technology.