Friday, February 18, 2011

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: China's Claims Developing New Missile 'Ready By 2015'....NSI News Source Info # 1590

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: China's Claims Developing New Missile 'Ready By 2015'....NSI News Source Info # 1590
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Economic Times
(NSI News Source Info) BEIJING, China - February 17, 2011: The Chinese army is researching a new type of conventional missile that is set to be weaponized and entered into active service within five years, military sources have revealed.

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the nation's largest missile weaponry manufacturer, is set "to complete research, production and delivery of this new generation of missile by 2015," the China NewsService reported Thursday.

The new missile would be part of a network forming a solid defense system allowing for total coverage in both defense and attack, and capable of dealing with various threats from land, sea, air, space as well as cybernetic attacks, according to the report.

The report, however, did not provide any further details of the new missile.

A military source close to the development, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to the Global Times yesterday that "The subject under development is a medium- and long-range conventional missile with a traveling distance of as far as 4,000 kilometers."

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