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| China tests new technology to shoot down missiles in mid-air |
| 2010-01-12 |
| China has successfully tested a new technology designed to shoot down incoming missiles in mid-air, in a move that Chinese military experts claimed was a "breakthrough" for the country's rapidly modernising armed forces. The announcement of the successful test, made by the state news agency Xinhua, comes after a week of diplomatic tensions over a US decision to sell advanced Patriot anti-missile systems to neighbouring Taiwan. "China conducted a test on ground-based midcourse missile interception technology within its territory. The test has achieved the expected objective," said the terse, three-sentence statement by Xinhua. "The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country," it added.... The successful test follows China's 2007 announcement that it had successfully shot-down a satellite in a move which was seen as a deliberately public demonstration of its growing military capabilities. The Pentagon said it had not received prior notification of the test and declined to see any link with arms sales to Taiwan. However it confirmed that the test had taken place and was seeking more information. "We detected two geographically separated missile launch events with an exo-atmospheric collision also being observed by space-based sensors," said Major Maureen Schumann, a Pentagon spokeswoman. Belmont Club has additional commentary on this story. Also, the lack of intermediate tests of a developing system leads one to suspect that this is stolen (or purchased) technology |
| Posted by: abu do you love |
| #2 Is this why the burg is under attack? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-01-12 21:36 |
| #1 My money is on stolen. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-01-12 09:40 |