USA, Taiwan in a fix; How China’s YJ-12 missile can breach military barriers

Taiwan worries that China's YJ-12 anti-ship missiles pose a direct threat to aircraft carrier strike groups. The YJ-12 has an advantage over the air defence systems on the U.S. warships. As per the U.S. Department of Defence, China has different variants of YJ-12 anti-ship cruise missile. China has deployed the YJ-12 to the shoreline and artificial islands in the South China Sea.