China Conducts Mid-Course Ballistic-Missile Defense Tests

Chinese H-9 surface-to-air missile
Chinese H-9 surface-to-air missile launcher
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DOHA, Qatar—China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has performed a ballistic-missile defense (BMD) test, hitting a missile in its mid-course phase. China’s Ministry of National Defense says “the test reached its desired objective” and was of a defensive nature—not aimed at any particular country...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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