{"id":107214,"date":"2024-09-26T12:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107214"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:19:48","slug":"china-fires-icbm-into-pacific-ocean-in-first-such-public-test-in-decades-as-regional-tensions-flare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107214","title":{"rendered":"China fires ICBM into Pacific Ocean in first such public test in decades as regional tensions flare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Hong Kong<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hf7c0y000vldp086r2448w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/china\">China<\/a> says it successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday,\u00a0a rare public test that analysts said was meant to send a message to the United States and its allies amid heightened regional tensions.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h300063b6k26y31mdp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An ICBM carrying a dummy warhead was launched at 8:44 a.m. Beijing time and fell into a designated area in the high seas of the Pacific Ocean, the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mod.gov.cn\/gfbw\/qwfb\/16340551.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. It did not specify the missile\u2019s flight path or landing location.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h300073b6kkv2loq95@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ministry said the\u00a0launch, by the People\u2019s Liberation Army Rocket Force, was part of its routine annual training and not directed at any country or target. It comes as China and Russia conduct joint naval exercises in nearby seas close to Japan.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h300093b6kdxxysra0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The launch \u201ceffectively tested the performance of weapons and equipment as well as the training level of the troops, and achieved the expected objectives,\u201d state news agency Xinhua said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/politics\/20240925\/a5fed4d75feb44888f8f5e7e25fa3194\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate report<\/a>, adding that China had \u201cnotified relevant countries in advance\u201d of the test.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1imbtwo00023b6kxrgs10p9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A Pentagon spokesperson said the US received \u201csome advanced notification\u201d of the test from Beijing, calling it \u201ca step in the right direction \u2026 to preventing any misperception or miscalculation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1iplbut000g3b6kq5cizxo2@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-1178444529.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.666875\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1178444529.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1067\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1178444529.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1067\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1178444529.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1067\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1178444529.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1067\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1178444529.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1178444529.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Military vehicles carrying\u00a0DF-41\u00a0intercontinental ballistic missiles appear in a parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1067\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h3000a3b6k17a39351@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Wednesday\u2019s launch marks the first time China has tested an ICBM over the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h3000b3b6k0o1f781s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In 1980, China test-fired its first ICBM, the DF-5, into the South Pacific from the Jiuquan\u00a0Satellite\u00a0Launch Center in the country\u2019s northwest, traversing a distance of more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles).\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfsvqk00003b6k2k1y1rzq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            China has quietly conducted more ICBM tests since then, mostly over its own territory, with many landing in the deserts of the far western region of Xinjiang.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj00063b6k5tiwh3as@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In December 2013, a Chinese defense ministry spokesperson was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cntv.cn\/2013\/12\/26\/ARTI1388054027668276.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> at a regular news conference about an ICBM test launched from a submarine in the Bohai Sea, an inland sea off China\u2019s northeast coast.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj00073b6kv3luhx4v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt is normal for China to conduct scientific research experiments within its territory according to plan,\u201d the spokesperson replied.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj00083b6k4mlgnh0a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            China\u2019s defense ministry and state media offered little details about the test on Wednesday, including the type of ICBM launched. The country\u2019s latest ICBM, known to be the DF-41, is estimated to have a range of 12,000 to 15,000 kilometers\u00a0(7,400 to 9,300 miles) and is capable of reaching the US mainland.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1iq7el20000356kmnywy8y3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Analysts said China\u2019s rare announcement of the test was intended as a warning to the US and its allies amid rising tensions in surrounding waters, from the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ikte0400003b6kq4xuz6jd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Beijing\u2019s test was a message to Washington that \u201cdirect intervention in a conflict across the Taiwan Strait would involve the American homeland being vulnerable to attack,\u201d said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor of international studies at Ewha University in Seoul.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ilv9e800023b6kjck2nf80@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTo US allies in Asia, China\u2019s provocative test, conducted during its expansive regional military exercises, demonstrates its capabilities to fight on multiple fronts simultaneously,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1iqafbz0002356kj9ct5zkx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Drew Thompson,\u00a0a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Singapore\u2019s Nanyang Technological University, said the timing of the public test was potentially significant.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1iqn17b0005356k9t4xzrgy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cChina launches a lot of missiles. They don\u2019t announce a lot of them. It\u2019s interesting that they would choose now,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj000c3b6ky57izofn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The public test comes as China adopts an increasingly assertive stance in the region.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1iqq180000c356k83a39tkb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Over the past weeks, Japan has strongly protested incursions by Chinese and Russian military aircraft into its airspace; Chinese and Philippine vessels have engaged in multiple collisions near a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/27\/asia\/china-philippines-new-flashpoint-sabina-shoal-intl-hnk\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dangerous new flashpoint<\/a>; and Taiwan says China\u00a0has recently been conducting\u00a0intensive\u00a0missile firing and other military\u00a0drills near the self-ruled island.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj000d3b6k9s6gohy5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is quite a statement to launch a ballistic missile into the Pacific at this time when China is in conflict with many of its neighbors,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cThis launch is a powerful signal intended to intimidate everyone.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj000f3b6k7et3a0fz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Another key question is which countries China notified in advance of the launch, Thompson said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj000g3b6kpqc9lanz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere\u2019s a long-standing global norm of notifying countries when certain long-range ballistic missiles are launched to prevent the risk of miscalculation,\u201d he said. \u201cChina is not party to any agreement other than a bilateral agreement with Russia.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1irt1fw0000356kgjc1nmaq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Japan\u2019s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters Wednesday that Tokyo was not notified by Beijing before the launch of the missile, which did not cross Japanese airspace.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1irux7r0004356kuvxvixkg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Japan Coast Guard told CNN it was told by China on Monday that \u201cspace debris\u201d would fall into three areas \u2013 two locations off the Philippine island of Luzon and another in the South Pacific \u2013 between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj000h3b6knhg7jfko@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union agreed to notify each other of ballistic missile launches extending beyond their territories, and expanded on that in 2000.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hjualj000i3b6kwm11dh0p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In 2009, China and Russia signed an agreement to notify each other of impending ballistic missile launches. The two sides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-12\/15\/c_139591997.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extended the pact by another decade after it expired in 2020.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h3000c3b6knkj9bte0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Under leader Xi Jinping, China has bolstered its nuclear capabilities and revamped the PLA\u2019s Rocket Force, an elite branch overseeing the country\u2019s fast-expanding arsenal of nuclear and ballistic missiles.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h3000d3b6k8z7030j4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the past few years, satellite photos have shown the construction of what appears to be hundreds of silos for ICBMs in China\u2019s deserts, and the US Defense Department is predicting exponential growth in the number of nuclear warheads in Beijing\u2019s arsenal in the next decade.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1hfj2h3000e3b6kmtjhj7ol@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            China held more than 500 operational nuclear warheads as of 2023 and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030, the Pentagon said in its annual report on Beijing\u2019s military last year.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ion1b500003b6ku9xvkgdf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The PLA\u2019s Rocket Force was roiled by a sweeping corruption crackdown last year that saw a string of senior generals purged.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1im6zwt00003b6khbj2rvvh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By conducting the high-profile ICBM test, \u201cBeijing may be attempting to show that recent corruption scandals have not diminished the military\u2019s readiness or reach,\u201d said Easley at Ewha University.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1iptr2o0000356kmndn0jue@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional information.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/25\/asia\/china-icbm-test-pacific-ocean-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 China says it successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday,\u00a0a rare public test that analysts said was meant to send a &hellip; 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