China conducts test on ground-based midcourse missile interception

[gpit]

... this behavior is purely defensive and not directed at any third country or bloc of countries.

From the mouth, China never says anything about 96-hour, but in action it only needs 96-minutes to finish a clown.

 

[applesauce]

From the mouth, China never says anything about 96-hour, but in action it only needs 96-minutes to finish a clown.

Actions have always spoken louder than word

but i do love how they add "this is for purely defense purposes" on every military project or development

 

[tomluter]

What's the next? sea-based? terminal phase missile interception?

 

[zb68930171]

Actions have always spoken louder than word

but i do love how they add "this is for purely defense purposes" on every military project or development

If the face could be thick like Corea. We could say anything!!
No Corea, no amusement!!

 

[tomluter]

China's first missile interception system project date back to 1960s.
FJ-1 antimissile system was terminated in 1972. It test 6times before that.

Fj-2,and FJ-3 was also terminated in 1977.

It's EWSystem including , 7010 large-scale phased-array radar in 1970s.
big ball 110 very long range tracking radar,and other radar net.

FJ-1 antimissle system

7010 phased-array

7010 array ruins


110 very long range tracking radar

 

[gpit]

China tests anti-missile defense system
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:39:11 GMT

Amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over the US weapons delivery to Taiwan, China test fires a system for intercepting missiles.

A successful test report of "ground-based midcourse missile interception technology" was released on Monday by the official Xinhua News Agency.

"The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country," Xinhua said, adding that the test was conducted within Chinese territory and achieved the expected objective.

The report follows repeated complaints in recent days by Beijing over the US-Taiwan weapons deals. Though, China split with Taiwan amid civil war in 1949, it continues to regard Taiwan as part of its territory.

In recent weeks, the US awarded a 969-million-dollar contract to Lockheed Martin for the provision of 263 PAC-3 air defense missiles to Taiwan. A USD1.1 billion contract was also awarded to Raytheon Co. for production of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan.

The sale rounds out a USD 6.5 billion arms package approved under then US President George W. Bush in late 2008.

China has reiterated objection to the US arms sales to Taiwan, calling it interference in Beijing's internal affairs that could undermine relations with Washington.



China tests anti-missile defense system
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Humm... seems very much like this is PLA's response to US sale of weapon to Taiwan...

 

[Chanakyaa]

Congrats china.

 

[Martian2]

China tests anti-missile defense system
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:39:11 GMT

Amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over the US weapons delivery to Taiwan, China test fires a system for intercepting missiles.

A successful test report of "ground-based midcourse missile interception technology" was released on Monday by the official Xinhua News Agency.

"The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country," Xinhua said, adding that the test was conducted within Chinese territory and achieved the expected objective.

The report follows repeated complaints in recent days by Beijing over the US-Taiwan weapons deals. Though, China split with Taiwan amid civil war in 1949, it continues to regard Taiwan as part of its territory.

In recent weeks, the US awarded a 969-million-dollar contract to Lockheed Martin for the provision of 263 PAC-3 air defense missiles to Taiwan. A USD1.1 billion contract was also awarded to Raytheon Co. for production of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan.

The sale rounds out a USD 6.5 billion arms package approved under then US President George W. Bush in late 2008.

China has reiterated objection to the US arms sales to Taiwan, calling it interference in Beijing's internal affairs that could undermine relations with Washington.



China tests anti-missile defense system
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Humm... seems very much like this is PLA's response to US sale of weapon to Taiwan...

This is very interesting. When the U.S. is perceived to be provoking China, the PLA shows us something new. Perhaps the U.S. should poke them some more, I'm curious to discover what else the Chinese are keeping out of sight.

 

[mustang]

China says missile defense system test successful

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press writer – Mon Jan 11, 2:02 pm ET

BEIJING – China announced that its military intercepted a missile in mid-flight Monday in a test of new technology that comes amid heightened tensions over Taiwan and increased willingness by the Asian giant to show off its advanced military capabilities.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported late Monday that "ground-based midcourse missile interception technology" was tested within Chinese territory.
"The test has achieved the expected objective," the three-sentence report said. "The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country."
Monday's report follows repeated complaints in recent days by Beijing over the sale by the U.S. of weaponry to Taiwan, including PAC-3 air defense missiles. These sales are driven by threats from China to use force to bring the island under its control, backed up by an estimated 1,300 Chinese ballistic missiles positioned along the Taiwan Strait.
Communist-ruled China split with Taiwan amid civil war in 1949 and continues to regard the self-governing democracy as part of its territory. Beijing has warned of a disruption in ties with Washington if the sale goes ahead, but has not said what specific actions it would take.
China's military is in the middle of a major technology upgrade, spurred on by double-digit annual percentage increases in defense spending. Missile technology is considered one of the People's Liberation Army's particular strengths, allowing it to narrow the gap with the U.S. and other militaries that wield stronger conventional forces.
Xinhua did not further identify the system tested, although China is believed to be pursuing a number of programs developed from anti-aircraft systems aimed at shooting down stealth aircraft and downing or disabling cruise missiles and precision-guided weapons.
Such programs are shrouded in secrecy, but military analysts say China appears to have augmented its air defenses with homemade technologies adapted from Russian and other foreign weaponry. China purchased a large number of Russian surface-to-air missiles during the 1990s and has since pressed ahead with its own HQ-9 interceptor, along with a more advanced missile system with an extended range.
Foreign media reports in 2006 said Beijing had tested a surface-to-air missile in the country's remote northwest with capabilities similar to the American Patriot interceptor system. According to South Korea's Dong-A Ilbo newspaper, the test involved the detection and downing of both a reconnaissance drone and an incoming ballistic missile by an interceptor, adding that it appeared to mark the official launch of China's indigenous interceptor unit.
"There is an obvious concern in Beijing that they need an effective anti-ballistic missile defense in some form," said Hans Kristensen, an expert on the Chinese military with the Federation of American Scientists.
Staging a successful test "shows that their technology is maturing," Kristensen said.
The 2009 Pentagon report on China's military says the air force received eight battalions of upgraded Russian SA-20 PMU-2 surface-to-air missiles since 2006, with another eight on order. The missiles have a range of 125 miles (200 kilometers) and reportedly provide limited ballistic and cruise missile defense capabilities.
Such interceptor missiles are believed to be deployed near major cities and strategic sites such as the massive Three Gorges Dam, but they could also be used to protect China's own ballistic missile batteries that would themselves become targets in any regional conflict.
Such interceptors would be of relatively little use against U.S. cruise missiles, although they could be effective against ballistic missiles deployed by Russia or India, China's massive neighbor to the south with which it has a growing military rivalry and lingering territorial disputes.
Monday's report continues a growing trend of greater transparency over China's new military technologies typified by last year's striking Oct. 1 military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the communist state. Large numbers of missiles were displayed in the show, including ICBMs, together with tanks, amphibious craft and latest-generation jet fighters.
China's anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles — capable of striking U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle groups and bases in the Pacific — have drawn the most attention from analysts in recent months.
Military displays and announcements of successful tests help build public pride in the military's rising capabilities and bolster support for rising defense spending that increased by almost 15 percent last year to $71 billion. The figure is thought by many analysts to represent only a portion of total defense spending, although it still amounts to only a fraction of the U.S. military budget.
Meanwhile, showing off such capabilities also helps put adversaries on notice, Kristensen said.
"It's the new Chinese way to signal that they are now able to do these things," he said.

China says missile defense system test successful - Yahoo! News

 

[zb68930171]

This is very interesting. When the U.S. is perceived to be provoking China, the PLA shows us something new. Perhaps the U.S. should poke them some more, I'm curious to discover what else the Chinese are keeping out of sight.

eh~~~~~~~~~~~yes, but I think if US poke PLA much more, maybe another things will happen.
Patience is limited.

 

[Martian2]

eh~~~~~~~~~~~yes, but I think if US poke PLA much more, maybe another things will happen.
Patience is limited.

That's true. You can forget about Chinese help with North Korea or Iran. Perhaps the U.S. should stop poking them after all.

 

[zb68930171]

That's true. You can forget about Chinese help with North Korea or Iran. Perhaps the U.S. should stop poking them after all.

Maybe, we never forget North Korea, is North Korea forget China....The relation between us is very complicated....but for westen, we still in the same blogs....

OH, it's far away from topic.......

 

[Martian2]

Maybe, we never forget North Korea, is North Korea forget China....The relation between us is very complicated....but for westen, we still in the same blogs....
For Iran, their president said will support East Turkistan terrorist. The thing really hurt many chinese.... He just say, but another really do..........so I think China should have to decide continuer to not agree sanctionner it.....
OH, it's far away from topic.......

Did he really say that? If he did, I guess he really wants China to join the other P5 members of the UNSC to sanction Iran. Or, more likely, he knows that China needs Iran's oil and he can get away with such an outrageous statement. I never realized that China has such prickly "friends."

It's a tough world for superpower America and rising superpower China. Being a superpower just isn't what it used to be. Even the medium-sized countries can poke you in the eye with impunity.

 

[grey boy 2]

China test-fires interceptor - People's Daily Online

China announced its first test of a ground-based mid-range missile interception system Monday within Chinese territory, a move that military experts claim is a breakthrough in the air defense capabilities of the nation's military.

Details were sparse, but the official Xinhua News Agency said the test achieved the "expected objective" without elaborating further.

The missile is "defensive in nature" and did not "target any country," Xinhua said.

Yang Chengjun, a senior military strategist of missile studies, told the Global Times that the test ushered China into a new phase in terms of missile interception technologies.

"China needs an improved capability and more means of military defense as the country faces increasing security threats," Yang said, adding that it is China's legitimate right to carry out such tests.

"Compared with a previous test of anti-satellite technologies, the missile interception system is more advanced as the targets are moving objects and the satellite was flying within a preplanned orbit," Yang said.
China said it successfully tested its anti-satellite system in 2007.

The United States and Russia are the only two countries that have missile interception technologies.

Yang said China should display its determination and strength in national defense and the capability to safeguard its core interests on appropriate occasions.

Jin Canrong, a deputy director of the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China, said the development of missile interception technologies is a step further on the country's course to military modernization.

"China has been pursuing a defense strategy. The missile interception system will not alter such a discipline, but strengthens the national defense strategy," Jin said.

The report of the Chinese missile test followed the Obama administration's approval last week to sell PAC-3, an upgraded Patriot air-defense missile system, to Taiwan. The PAC-3 can shoot down Chinese short-range missiles.
Qiu Wei contributed to this story

Source:Global Times

 

[Silent observer]

The news

BEIJING: Amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over the US weapons delivery to Taiwan, China test fires a system for intercepting missiles.

A successful test report of "ground-based midcourse missile interception technology" was released on Monday by the official news agency.

"The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country," it said, adding that the test was conducted within Chinese territory and achieved the expected objective.

The report follows repeated complaints in recent days by Beijing over the US-Taiwan weapons deals. Though, China split with Taiwan amid civil war in 1949, it continues to regard Taiwan as part of its territory.

In recent weeks, the US awarded a 969-million-dollar contract to Lockheed Martin for the provision of 263 PAC-3 air defense missiles to Taiwan. A USD1.1 billion contract was also awarded to Raytheon Co. for production of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan.

The sale rounds out a USD 6.5 billion arms package approved under then US President George W. Bush in late 2008.

China has reiterated objection to the US arms sales to Taiwan, calling it interference in Beijing's internal affairs that could undermine relations with Washington.