source: Reuters through www.gmanetwork.com
BEIJING
- China tested emerging military technology aimed at destroying missiles in
mid-air after an initial test in 2010, state media said on Sunday, in a move
that will unnerve its neighbors.
A
brief report by the official Xinhua news agency said the military carried out a
"land-based mid-course missile interception test within its
territory".
"The
test has reached the pre-set goal," the report quoted an unnamed Defense
Ministry official as saying. "The test is defensive in nature and targets
no other country."
It
did not specify whether any missile or object had been destroyed in the test.
"Although
no other detailed information about the test was released from the military
authorities, weapon system experts said such a test could build shield for
China's air defenses by intercepting incoming warheads such as ballistic
missiles in space," the report added.
People's
Liberation Army officials and documents in recent years have said developing
anti-missile technology is one focus of defense spending, which has grown by
double-digits over many years.
The
latest flexing of China's maturing military hardware comes as Beijing is
involved in increasingly bitter territorial disputes in the East China Sea with
Japan and in the South China Sea with several Southeast Asian nations.
Beijing
says its military spending is for defensive purposes and the modernization of
outdated forces. — Reuters
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