DefenceTalkChina’s test of a globe-circling hypersonic weapon in July included the unprecedented launch of a separate missile from the ultra-high-speed vehicle, according to the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal. The test showed China’s development of its strategic, nuclear-capable weapons as more advanced than any had thought, surprising Pentagon officials, the two newspapers said. Neither […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-hypersonic-test-included-pathbreaking-2nd-missile-launch-reports-77491/

DefenceTalkChina launched its first ground-based midcourse missile defense interception test in four years on Monday, a move experts said would further improve China’s long-range missile defense capability during wartime. The test met expectations and was conducted in Chinese territory, the Defense Ministry said in an online statement on Tuesday. The test was defensive in nature […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-tests-ground-missile-defense-system-71435/

DefenceTalkChina’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) – the Dongfeng-41 – could be in the People Liberation Army’s (PLA) lineup as early as the first half of 2018. Media reports say that the Dongfeng-41 ICBM recently underwent another test, the eighth since it was first announced in 2012. The missile must have matured considerably if it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-dongfeng-41-missile-to-enter-service-in-months-70838/

DefenceTalkChina has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defence ministry said Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections held amid regional tensions. The test in the Bohai Sea was conducted to “raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-it-tested-new-missile-in-northeastern-sea-69936/

DefenceTalkChina is aiming advanced medium-range ballistic missiles at Taiwan as part of a growing military threat towards the island, Taipei’s defence minister said Monday. The announcement came after Taiwan said for the first time last week that it is capable of launching missiles at China as it warned of an increased invasion risk. China still […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-aims-advanced-df-16-missiles-at-taiwan-minister-69549/

DefenceTalkChina is beginning to export its own weapon designs, including armed drones, worldwide and is reaching “near-parity” with the West in terms of military technology, according to a report on Tuesday. The International Institute for Strategic Studies said that China’s official defence budget of $145 billion (137 billion euros) last year was 1.8 times higher […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-weapons-reaching-near-parity-with-west-study-69143/

DefenceTalkChina can now offer users of its combat drones a new missile designed for anti-terrorism operations and low-intensity conflicts. The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, the country’s largest military drone exporter by number of products sold overseas, said it recently conducted live-fire tests on the AR-2 short-range air-to-surface missile in north-western China. A CH-4 reconnaissance/combat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-unveils-new-mini-missile-targets-foreign-sales-69011/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Liberation Army has released a video of a recent exercise employing the advanced DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile, a weapon seen as filling a gap in the nation’s arsenal. Several launch vehicles carrying the ballistic missiles were seen in the footage that the PLA published on its video website, released to show the training […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-drill-features-advanced-missile-69005/

DefenceTalkToday, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a staff research report entitled China’s Expanding Ability to Conduct Conventional Missile Strikes on Guam. The report highlights how China’s ability to conduct conventional cruise and ballistic missile strikes on Guam is growing, even as the island’s strategic importance to the United States is increasing. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-expanding-ability-to-conduct-conventional-missile-strikes-on-guam-67457/

DefenceTalkChina said on Thursday it was “normal” to carry out ballistic missile launches, after a US media report accused Beijing of having test-fired an intercontinental weapon last week. US media site Washington Free Beacon, citing unidentified Pentagon officials, reported that China had carried out a test of its DF-41 long-range missile on April 12. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-defends-right-to-carry-out-normal-missile-tests-67313/