Reports in Chronological order.
(1) XU Tianran 徐天然, China’s Anti-Missile Test Successful: Govt. Global Times, Jan 29, 2013 (Beijing Time 1:18:01
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/758804.shtml
Quote:
"A ballistic missile's mid-course phase begins after its engines burn out and the warhead begins coasting in space. After mid-course, the warhead of long-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles will re-enter the atmosphere with a velocity of about 20 times the speed of sound, making it very difficult to intercept with current terminal-phase interception systems, according to Lan Yun, a military observer and editor with Modern Ships magazine.
"According to Russia's Ria Novosti News Agency, the US Ground-Based Mid-course Defense (GMD) has a maximum interception altitude of 1,500 kilometers and interception range of 4,000 kilometers. In comparison, the US' terminal-phase interceptor Patriot PAC-3, which was used to defend Japanese territory during North Korea's controversial rocket launch last year, only has about 15 kilometers of maximum operational ceiling.
Note:
(a) The word "successful" comes from
邢世伟, 我国再次成功进行陆基中段反导试验. 新京报, Jan 28, 2013 (Beijing Time 10:05:56; US Eastern Standard Time (EST) Jan 27 21:05:56 (in the evening))
http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2013-01/28/c_124287425.htm
(b) The report cites RIA Novosti, which reported on the US (NOT Chinese) test. So far, only Voice of Russia reported, in English, on the first Xinhua announcement about the latest test.
(2) 中国再次中段反导试验 战略意义媲美两弹一星. 环球网, Jan 28,, 2013 (Beijing Time 07:56)
http://mil.huanqiu.com/paper/2013-01/3588207.html
("部分媒体将中国中段反导试验和美国的爱国者PAC-3系统以及俄罗斯的S-400导弹系统相提并论，显然误导了试验本身所隐含的重大意义。做为中段导弹拦截系统，其技术难度要远大于爱国者PAC-3之类的末段拦截系统，中段导弹拦截首先需要克服大气层外恶劣的工况条件，必须具备动能拦截器（KKV）、精确探测跟踪与末制导技术、空间作战平台总体技术与平台战时测控技术等等一系列当今导弹和空间作战武器的前沿科技。而目前能够具备如此强大技术能力的国家仅有美、中两家。目前，与中国中段反导试验处在同一技术水平线上的相应陆基系统仅有美国的GMD系统")
Please view photos only, for the text says little.
(3) Bill Gertz, Going on Defense; China, US conduct missile defense tests. Washington Free Beacon, JAn 27, 2013.
http://freebeacon.com/going-on-defense/
Quote:
(a) "Pentagon officials had no immediate comment on the Chinese test.
"Maj Catherine Wilkinson, a Pentagon spokeswoman, earlier this month declined to comment on Chinese plans for an ASAT test, citing a policy of not discussing intelligence matters.
(b) "Richard Fisher, a China military affairs specialist, said the latest test also was carried out over Korla, China’s traditional center for anti-missile research dating to the 1960s.
“'So far the missile used for the Jan. 27 test has not been identified,' Fisher, with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said.
(c) “'China’s development of more capable theater missile defense systems addresses what for China is a practically non-existent threat,' Fisher said. 'Other than North Korea and to a slight degree India, no country has the ability to target China with medium or intermediate range missiles.'
"Fisher said unlike the Chinese, the United States has retired its subsonic nuclear cruise missiles and has no plans for medium-range ballistic missiles or longer-range non-strategic missiles.
“'These Chinese missiles allow the PLA to target Asian-based land and naval aircraft at longer distances,' he said. 'In all, it poses another major chop at the U.S. ability to "extend" deterrence to its Asian allies, adds another layer to China’s "anti-access" capabilities.'
Note: For strategic weapons, see weapons of mass destruction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction
("During the Cold War * * * in the West the euphemism 'strategic weapons' was used to refer to the American nuclear arsenal, which was presented as a necessary deterrent against nuclear or conventional attack from the Soviet Union")
(4) 美国、中国相继进行反导弹拦截试验. VOA Chinese, Jan 28, 2013 (美国东部时间 18:35 or an hour ago).
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 130128/1592587.html
My comment:
(a) The VOA report says little about China's text.
(b) So far, BBC Chinese has not reported on China's test. |
发表于 1-27-2013 09:47:59
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