China Says Missile Defense System Test Successful -- New York Times/APBEIJING (AP) -- China announced that its military intercepted a missile in mid-flight Monday in a test of new technology that comes amid heightened tensions over Taiwan and increased willingness by the Asian giant to show off its advanced military capabilities.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported late Monday that ''ground-based midcourse missile interception technology'' was tested within Chinese territory.
''The test has achieved the expected objective,'' the three-sentence report said. ''The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country.''
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