WW3 news: China test missile ability (Image: GETTY)
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force simulated an ICBM strike this week to replicate an imaginary attack as reported by the Global Times. The location and the time of the exercise were not disclosed. The survival training exercise conducted by the Chinese army has become the new norm for troops in the Rocket Force, according to the report.
The news comes following the completion of China’s impenetrable “Great Wall” defence system which was installed earlier this month.
Adam Ni, China researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney said: “The drill was about signalling China’s modernising nuclear deterrence.
“It is about telling the Americans and others that China has a credible second-strike capability and that it is determined to use it if it comes under nuclear attack.
“I think it’s in part a message from Beijing to the US about the ultimate perils of escalation.”
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