A Chinese newspaper reported that Beijing yesterday conducted a test of two missiles in the South China Sea, which included targeting an aircraft carrier, and military experts say that one of the missiles may have been developed to strike US forces in any possible war, in light of the escalation of tension between Beijing and Washington in many files.
The Chinese newspaper, "South China Morning Post", citing sources close to the Chinese military, who did not disclose them, stated that Beijing fired "DF-26B" and "DF-21D" missiles (DF-21D). , And targeted an area between the south of Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands.
The first missile was launched from Qinghai Province in northwestern China, while the second was launched from Zhejiang Province, south of Shanghai, on the east coast of the country. The newspaper, based in Hong Kong, added that it is believed that the "DF-26B" missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Or conventional warheads, which may constitute a violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missile Agreement signed by Washington and Moscow during the Cold War.
Last year, the administration of US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement, citing China's development of the DF-26B missile and other similar weapons.
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Missile characteristics
According to the "South China Morning Post" newspaper, the "DB-26B" missile is characterized by high accuracy in hitting the target, and military experts called it "the aircraft carrier killer". They believe that Beijing developed this weapon to destroy American aircraft carriers in Any possible war between it and Washington.
China, which is the second largest economy in the world, has spent over the past two decades on military programs to develop missiles, warplanes, nuclear submarines, and other weapons that allow Beijing to extend its military influence outside its territory, including the South China Sea region, which has been witnessing for years a conflict between Beijing And its neighbors regarding sovereignty over some of the islands.
America is spying
and China made strong protests yesterday, Wednesday, to the United States, accusing it of sending an American reconnaissance plane "U-2" (U2) to fly in a no-fly zone, in which Beijing conducts military exercises with live ammunition the day before Tuesday, and the Chinese Ministry of Defense said that what What America did "was an act of blatant provocation."
China has not disclosed the location of the incident, but its forces are conducting exercises in the Bohai Sea, also in the Yellow Sea and in the South China Sea.
On the other hand, the US military said in a statement that the U-2 flight took place in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and was "in accordance with the accepted international rules and regulations governing aircraft flights."
"Members of the Pacific Air Force will continue to fly and operate wherever international law permits, and at the time and the pace we choose," the US military statement added.
It should be noted that relations between China and the United States have entered years ago, especially under Trump's presidency, in tensions due to many issues, on top of which are the Coronavirus pandemic, the Hong Kong issue, trade disputes, and the situation in the South China Sea.