INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that &achieved its expected purpose&, the Defence Ministry said, describing it
as defensive and not aimed at any country.China has been ramping up research into all sorts of missiles, from those that can destroy
satellites in space to advanced nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, as part of an ambitious modernisation scheme overseen by President Xi
Jinping.Beijing has tested missile interceptors before; the most recent previous public announcement of a test was in February 2021, and
State media has said China has conducted anti-missile system tests since at least 2010.The ministry said in a brief statement late on Sunday
that the &ground-based midcourse anti-missile intercept technology& test had been carried out that night.The test reached its expected
goals,& the ministry said
&This test was defensive and not aimed at any country.It provided no other details.China, along with its ally Russia, have repeatedly
expressed opposition to the United States deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in South
Korea.China argued the equipment&s powerful radar could penetrate into its territory
China and Russia have also held simulated anti-missile drills.China has given few details about its own missile programmes, aside from
occasional brief statements by the Defence Ministry or in state media.In 2016, the Defence Ministry confirmed it was pressing ahead with
anti-missile system tests after pictures appeared on state television.Beijing says such technology is needed for national defence and
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