China fires off rare ICBM test amid growing tensions in Indo-Pacific
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2024
- China announced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, that it test-fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean. The country is reportedly bulking up its nuclear arsenal, and the rare public test is sparking international concerns.
The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLAARF) announced that the ICBM with a dummy warhead landed accurately in a “predetermined” area, but no specifics on the location were given.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry maintains the test is a routine part of the PLAARF’s annual training and “in line with international law and international practice.” However, nuclear experts noted it’s anything but a regular occurrence, saying that it is the first time China has launched an ICBM into international waters since the early 80s, and one expert said it was “odd” for China to describe the test as routine and annual.
A former Pentagon official, Drew Thompson, who is a senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, believes that it is a veiled threat. He wrote on X, “Timing is everything,” and added, “This launch is a powerful signal intended to intimidate everyone.”
China’s state-run media reported Beijing notified “relevant countries” ahead of the launch.
The entirety of the Indo-Pacific region is on high alert, bracing for potential conflict, while watching China ramp up its nuclear arsenal. China’s nuclear weapons inventory is reportedly expected to at least triple by 2035 from 500 nuclear warheads currently to 1,500 in just about a decade.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported it detected 23 Chinese military aircraft around the Island on Wednesday, and all but one crossed the island’s “air-defense identification zone.”
All of these events happened the same week that Russia and China each sent four warships through a strait separating Russian and Japanese territory, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry on Monday, Sept. 23.
It’s not just China and Russia causing concerns in the Asia-Pacific region, it’s also North Korea. The country fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea last week for the second time in September as Pyongyang has ramped up its weapons testing since 2022.
North Korea claims that its weapon tests are in response to growing joint military exercises between the United States, South Korea, Taiwan and others in what it calls a rehearsal for invasion.
The South China Sea is also vitally important route for shipping that China claims to be theirs. There have been several confrontations between Beijing and other countries with which it has territorial disputes with, particularly, the Philippines.
In response, the U.S. has deployed an advanced missile system to the Philippines earlier this year as it sees China as a threat to the island country.
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Don't interfere in their internal affairs. This is the choice of smart people. Taiwan is their civil war problem.
I guess this is due to the overcapacity of ICBM. 😂
overcapacity is better than undercapacity and sufficient in ready without shorty
DF 31AG is not the latest icbm. China will NEVER show you their latest weapon. Usually, when there is a latest and more advanced weapon available, China will show you the launch of previous versions. You know what is called a teaser?
UK Trident nuke test failed twice
US Minuteman nuke test failed
Russia nuke silo test failed
China DF41 nuke test 💯🎖️🥇👍🏆💪❤️
The UK captain was busy shooting AV in the nuclear submarine. He had no time to erect and launch the trident missile.
The reason why China developed advanced weapons and upshift military fees is that China makes sure that China will have the ability to make US also love peace.
I thank China for making the US restart Nuclear weapons production and new missiles.
@@aiil7455 we've been the peace keepers for 70 years and no nuclear wars have broken out.
@@rebeccaaldrich3396 Warmonger rather lol😂, Afghan, Iraq, many many coups in South America n Africa, just to name a few.
@@kmind5378 so China is jealous? Seems like it.
@@Predator42ID ooops Russians stop selling US uranium. so your new missiles are basically drum sticks🤣
It can reach the white house toilet with precision...
Amazing China🇨🇳 huh
12,000 KM or 7400 MILES, capable of hitting Florida
14000 км
If they can send space craft to the far side of the moon 🌝🤯
in 20 minutes, and skipping stone like trajectory.
When US install missiles in Phillipines, japan and Taiwan, would you expect a kiss or a kick.
Clearing Old Stock and making Way for new advance hypersonic missle with precision Baidu positioning targeting.
They tested the new Beidou satellites. 😂
He said "another" as if the Chinese fired one a few months or a year ago, then proceed to say its a rare phenomenon. It's the first in over 4 decades.
Do you need the address to the White House?! Bwa ha ha!
*How many fleets do you have. USA? Where can you hide?*
They want to ensure the old stocks work as well as 10 years ago since they are overstock and overcapacity. It might need to be used in the South China Sea for the new P testing zone someday in the future
😂china still looking for the splash site
Scary.
But did it land where it was supposed to? And how close? Anyone can say it landed where it was supposed to.
Beijing notified us before the launch and the target area. Us send monitoring aircraft and ship to the area and monitored the landing. The area is in close area to the south of Hawaii.
If it hadn't landed at the designated location, the United States would have already spread the news around the world. The current situation is that your diplomatic spokesperson appreciates China's public launch of messages to the United States, but still can't understand? ha-ha
China is SUPPOSED to be a peaceful country!? 😂
Only can become peaceful country with strong military
Weak military will be colonized like the opium wars foreigners came destroyed China plundering and exploiting like the British did before
Being weak cannot keep peace. The US only respect strength not weakness.
China is INDEED A PEACE ✌️ & PEACEFUL Country.😊
China is INDEED A PEACE AND PEACEFUL Country.
@@loneranger114 unless you are a Uighur or practice Falong Gong. 😅
The DF-41 ordered from Temu!
USA missiles from Amazon fails🤣🤣🤣
Yet, the entire US government was on edge. Who gives a f*ck about a temu ICBM huh. The fact that the entire western world is talking about it means it's not a toy after all. 😂
It was a tit for tat for the MIRV capable AGNI-5 message india sent China…
Just a friendly reminder to always post "Taiwan is a free independent country" on anything regarding chna ❤️🇹🇼
Taiwan,officially the Republic of China (ROC) 😅
@wookfoot8408 you bulldog America 😂
Yes, independent Taiwan was coerced into making exploding pagers. An independent country was coerced. Smart people understand. Some ostriches bury their heads in the sand and pretend not to know.
What a waste of resources.
Fires ICBM but then china nuclear submarine SINK like a true paper😂 u think china can fight US haha
假新闻，美国看图说话的杜撰新闻？
SINK ????? HOAX !!! 😝😝😝😝😝
Show us the evidence please and not some made up news by WSJ😂.
@@MaverickThug its all over the news in US and wall-street journal. U think america dont see every inch of land in china? Multiple satellite shot u cant deny