{"id":110945,"date":"2017-11-30T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:05:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:05:29","slug":"china-tests-midcourse-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/30\/china-tests-midcourse-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"China Tests Midcourse Missile Interception"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, the Chinese military bbs is abuzz today with the news that China has tested mid-course missile interception system. It was conducted within China’s borders and achieved expected objectives. This test is ground based and the Chinese military fans are now waiting for the sea-based system.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what missile was used to conduct the test or what the target is. We do know that China had conducted some anti-ballistic missile tests earlier and that ASAT test in 2007. This test seems to be another milestone in establishing a national missile defense system.<\/p>\n

Here is an article on this:
BEIJING \u2014 China has successfully intercepted a missile in mid-flight, state media said on Tuesday, in a test of its advanced air defence capabilities amid tensions over US arms sales to Taiwan.<\/p>\n

“China conducted a test on ground-based midcourse missile interception technology within its territory. The test has achieved the expected objective,” Xinhua news agency said of Monday’s test.<\/p>\n

“The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country,” it added.<\/p>\n

The news comes shortly after a US official in Taipei said the Pentagon had approved the sale of Patriot missile equipment to Taiwan as part of a package passed by Congress more than a year ago.<\/p>\n

Beijing — which considers Taiwan part of its territory and has vowed to take the island back, by force if necessary — has repeatedly voiced its protest over the sales and urged Washington to cancel the deal.<\/p>\n

China’s defence ministry had warned at the weekend that it reserved the right to take unspecified action if Washington followed through with the sale, which it called a “severe obstacle” to China-US military ties.<\/p>\n

The United States is the leading arms supplier to Taiwan, even though it switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government has poured money into its military in recent years as part of a major modernisation drive.<\/p>\n

China’s military spending rose 15.3 percent in 2009 to 69 billion dollars, according to a budget submitted to parliament in March, the latest in a string of double-digit increases.<\/p>\n

Amid growing concern overseas about China’s military intentions, Beijing stresses the defensive nature of its armed forces.<\/p>\n

The Global Times quoted senior military strategist Yang Chengjun as saying that the test had “ushered China into a new phase in terms of missile interception technologies”.<\/p>\n

“China needs an improved capability and more means of military defence as the country faces increasing security threats,” Yang was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, the Chinese military bbs is abuzz today with the news that China has tested mid-course missile interception system. It was conducted within China’s borders and achieved expected objectives. This test is ground based and the Chinese military fans are now waiting for the sea-based system. I don’t know what missile was used to conduct […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}