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India's successful test to intercept an
incoming missile at high altitude has
evoked mixed reactions among
Chinese military and strategic experts
who believe that advances made by
India in anti-ballistic missile
technology are aimed at strategic
deterrence.
India's anti-missile test on Sunday
intercepting targets outside the
atmosphere is more aimed at "strategic
deterrence", as this technology will
make its enemies feel the strike power
of their missiles is diminished, Wang
Ya'nan, a senior editor at Aerospace
Knowledge magazine, told state-run
Global Times.
The Indian interceptor missile was
test-fired from the launch complex-IV
on Wheeler Island, just over a minute
after the target missile was fired from
a ship located nearly 70 km off the
Paradip coast.
India is developing a two-tier missile
defence system, which will destroy an
incoming missile outside the earth's
atmosphere, and if that fails, go on to
intercept it within the atmosphere.
The missile is capable of destroying an
incoming missile with a strike range of
around 2,000 km outside the
atmosphere.
While some Chinese military experts
agreed that India has made progress in
missile interception technology, others
cast doubt over the significance of the
latest launch.
"It's hard to conclude whether India's
anti-missile technology has reached a
certain level, as they also launched
the target missile, so the launch time
and ballistic data are all readily
available," the daily quoted an
unidentified Chinese missile expert.
He said China has developed relatively
mature anti-ballistic missile
capabilities based on Russia's S300
system which are ready for combat,
but India is still experimenting with it.
China bid to sell its Red Flag-9 anti-
missile system to Turkey last year in a
potential USD 3.44 billion deal,
although NATO then exerted pressure
on Ankara to abandon the deal, which
still hangs in the balance.
Song Zhongping, a former lecturer on
missile technology and now military
affairs commentator in Beijing, said
India's new interceptor missile "could
only be similar to the level of Chinese
missiles in the 1990s".
He said that the target missile was not
advanced and lacks effective evasive
techniques which had made it easier
for the interceptor to strike the target.
In real combat, however, it is hard for
even the most advanced interceptors
produced by the US, such as the Patriot
missile, to hit Chinese missile targets,
another missile expert said.
India has tested seven interceptor
missiles in recent years of which six
were successful.
The expert admitted China's anti-
missile technology is at least 15-20
years away from the US, in terms of
the response time,target accuracy and
comprehensive information
technology.
incoming missile at high altitude has
evoked mixed reactions among
Chinese military and strategic experts
who believe that advances made by
India in anti-ballistic missile
technology are aimed at strategic
deterrence.
India's anti-missile test on Sunday
intercepting targets outside the
atmosphere is more aimed at "strategic
deterrence", as this technology will
make its enemies feel the strike power
of their missiles is diminished, Wang
Ya'nan, a senior editor at Aerospace
Knowledge magazine, told state-run
Global Times.
The Indian interceptor missile was
test-fired from the launch complex-IV
on Wheeler Island, just over a minute
after the target missile was fired from
a ship located nearly 70 km off the
Paradip coast.
India is developing a two-tier missile
defence system, which will destroy an
incoming missile outside the earth's
atmosphere, and if that fails, go on to
intercept it within the atmosphere.
The missile is capable of destroying an
incoming missile with a strike range of
around 2,000 km outside the
atmosphere.
While some Chinese military experts
agreed that India has made progress in
missile interception technology, others
cast doubt over the significance of the
latest launch.
"It's hard to conclude whether India's
anti-missile technology has reached a
certain level, as they also launched
the target missile, so the launch time
and ballistic data are all readily
available," the daily quoted an
unidentified Chinese missile expert.
He said China has developed relatively
mature anti-ballistic missile
capabilities based on Russia's S300
system which are ready for combat,
but India is still experimenting with it.
China bid to sell its Red Flag-9 anti-
missile system to Turkey last year in a
potential USD 3.44 billion deal,
although NATO then exerted pressure
on Ankara to abandon the deal, which
still hangs in the balance.
Song Zhongping, a former lecturer on
missile technology and now military
affairs commentator in Beijing, said
India's new interceptor missile "could
only be similar to the level of Chinese
missiles in the 1990s".
He said that the target missile was not
advanced and lacks effective evasive
techniques which had made it easier
for the interceptor to strike the target.
In real combat, however, it is hard for
even the most advanced interceptors
produced by the US, such as the Patriot
missile, to hit Chinese missile targets,
another missile expert said.
India has tested seven interceptor
missiles in recent years of which six
were successful.
The expert admitted China's anti-
missile technology is at least 15-20
years away from the US, in terms of
the response time,target accuracy and
comprehensive information
technology.