China PLA tests ground-based midcourse anti-missile interception, completing planned targets

Описание: China conducted a ground-based midcourse antiballistic missile test on Sunday night.

The test was defensive in nature and did not target any country.

It has achieved the expected purpose, according to Chinese military.

Technically, it's relatively easy to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the boost phase as it's close to the ground and still speeding up.

But intercepting it in the midcourse is quite challenging since the intercept missile must collide with the incoming warhead of the ICBM which travels very fast in the thin air outside the atmosphere.

Radar techs needed to identify the warhead calculate its trajectory and speed, then trace it.

While intercepting it in terminal phase is not easy either as the missile travels at a high speed.

This is the sixth such test that China has announced publicly since 2010.

Editor: Bonnie

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