China sends missile to space and around the globe: report

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China sends missile to space and around the globe: report

This may include advertising from us and 3 rd parties based on our understanding. The Chinese military sent a missile to low orbit space and around the globe during a test two months ago, before it sailed off to its target, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Although the weapon moved by about two dozen miles, the paper said, once perfected the technology could be used to send nuclear warheads over the South Pole, subverting American missile defence systems.

Taylor Fravel, an expert in Chinese nuclear weapons policy, told the paper that a hypersonic glide vehicle equipped with a nuclear warhead could help China negate US missile defence systems.

The Chinese dispute the newspaper's account. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian described the launch as a routine test of a space vehicle to verify technology for spacecraft reusability He compared it with systems developed by private companies China will work with other countries in the world for the peaceful use of space for the benefit of mankind, Mr Zhao told a news briefing on Monday.

However, Li Nan, a Chinese security and military expert at the National University of Singapore, described the test to Bloomberg as a game-changer. If China was able to deploy one, that would basically neutralise US missile defence, Dr Li said.

It will make it very difficult for the US to deal with this new type of missile and will make it very costly to protect and build up new capabilities to counteract this technology. One person familiar with the launch is quoted by the Financial Times as saying starkly: We have no idea how they did this. The missile test would suggest that Chinese President Xi Jinping may be exploring the threat of orbital strikes as a way to counter perceived American aggression, as the world s largest economy seeks to stop Chinese expansion in the South China SeaChina Sea and protect Taiwan from invasion.

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