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‘China’s new missiles could be used in conflict with Taiwan, US or Japan’
State media says the short-range weapons can overcome ‘multilayer defences’ to paralyse an enemy’s information facilities.
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According to state broadcaster China Central Television, the
People’s Liberation Army
Rocket Force recently tested two new missiles that can overcome “complex electromagnetic interference” to destroy facilities in a “fast-reaction” operation.
“[The missiles] successfully hit the target in an enemy camp equipped with multilayer defences several hundred kilometres away and effectively paralysed the enemy’s key communications node,” CCTV reported.
In a rare move, the broadcaster aired footage from the drills in the northwest of the country and said the missiles had expanded the
PLA’s combat and defensive capabilities