The Chinese People's Liberation Army reportedly deployed the anti-ship ballistic missile "Dongfeng-26" in the Rocket Army Base in Qingzhou, Shandong Province.
According to the Kyodo News Agency, the strong military magazine of Hong Kong and the publisher of the defense comment on Hong Kong, Ping Kewu, revealed the above news last Wednesday (6th).He analyzed that this was a measure to counter the key to the key to the "SM3 Block 2A" jointly developed by Japan and the United States as the key to the Japanese missile defense (MD) system.
"SM3 Block 2A" has been successful in intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) interception tests performed in the United States last November. Since then, it is considered by the outside world to target attacks from North Korea.
In addition, Pingkov believes that the Dongfeng-26 deployed at the Qingzhou Rocket Army Base may also pose a threat to the US military bases in Yokosuka, Japan.
Dongfeng-26 is said to be the latest sharp missile with a range of about 4,000 kilometers.The South China Morning Post quoted sources close to the Chinese military that the PLA launched Dongfeng-26 and Dongfeng-21 missiles from Qinghai and Zhejiang in the east in northwestern China and Zhejiang in the east.Both missiles were shot to the southeast of Hainan Island and near the Xisha Islands.