Al Jazeera
Tuesday , January 12th, 2010
China has successfully tested its advanced air defence
capabilities, intercepting a missile in mid-flight within its
territory, state media reported.
“The test has achieved the expected objective,” the
official Xinhua news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying on
Tuesday.
The report on the “ground-based mid-course missile
interception technology” comes amid tensions over US arms sales
to Taiwan.
Last week the US cleared a sale of advanced Patriot air defence
missiles to Taiwan despite opposition from Beijing, a move which could
chill ties at a time when China and the US are also wary about trade
disputes and economic strains.
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