China succeeds in land-based anti-missile test

China carried out another land-based intermediate-section anti-missile interception test in its territory on Jan.27, 2013 and achieved intended purpose, and the experiment is defensive and not directed against any country, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

According to previous reports, China has preliminary anti-missile capabilities and it is difficult to grasp the intermediate-section interception technology

It is in the intermediate section that the ballistic missile flies at the greatest height and fastest speed. As for the land-based intermediate-section defense system, it detects and tracks the enemy ballistic missiles with the land-based launch platforms, and then launches interceptors from the ground or at sea, intercepting and destroying the payloads of enemy missiles in space before they arrive at the targets.

China carried out a land-based intermediate-section anti-missile interception technology experiment in its territory on Jan.11, 2010. On Jan.7, the U.S. had announced the sales of Patriot missile systems to Taiwan. Some expert opinions have related the Chinese missile experiments to the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

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