Seoul [South Korea], June 20 (ANI): Amid rising tensions with Taiwan, China successfully conducted an anti-ballistic missile test on Sunday night. According to the country’s Defense Ministry, it was part of ongoing military efforts to enhance the country’s defensive capabilities, reported CNN. This marks China’s sixth known test of a land-based anti-ballistic missile, according to […]

The latest test brings the tally of publicly announced Chinese land-based ABM technical tests to six.

A brief statement from Chinese Defence Ministry gave no details, but said the test was purely defensive in nature and was not aimed at any foreign nations.

The test reached its expected goals, said Chinese Defence Ministry. It claimed that the missile test was not aimed at any country

SHANGHAI: China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that “achieved its expected purpose,” the Defense Ministry said, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country. China has been ramping up research into all sorts of missiles, from those that can destroy satellites in space to advanced nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, as part of an ambitious

China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that "achieved its expected purpose", the Defence Ministry said, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country.

China says it has successfully intercepted a missile in flight, in a test of an anti-ballistic missile system that could improve its defenses as it presses its territorial claims.