China says ICBM successfully tested in remote Pacific • FRANCE 24 English

China said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, firing it into the Pacific Ocean in its first such exercise in decades. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks to Alessio Patalano, Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia at King’s College London. He says that the latest test is likely to raise the temperature in the region as it was conducted from the island of Hainan rather than from an inland launching site.
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48 comments

  1. The theory of this missile was developed by a chinese Mr. Qian who was one of the founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA.

  3. The context, I believe, is that there are multiple missile launching bases installed around China recently.

  6. instead of taipeidong dong feng, China should name her ballistic missiles freedom or democracy instead….freedom 7,freedom 11 ,freedom 14,freedom 21,freedom for u and me

  11. To win without fighting is the highest form of victory. The testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles is intended so that there is no need to actually launch them.

    from "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu

  15. The United States said that Huawei was a sanction and needed sanctions. TikTok was a threat and needed sanctions. BYD was a threat and needed sanctions. SMIC International was a threat and needed sanctions. When China launched missiles, the United States said that this was not a threat and praised China for informing them in advance

  16. In 1996, the US shut down GPS, which caused China to fail in launching a missile. Now China has notified the US in advance and the missile launch has been successful. This shows that China's weapons are no longer dependent on US technology.

  20. To dispel rumors, what was launched this time was the Dongfeng 31AG (an improved version of the Dongfeng 31, which can be called the Dongfeng 31pro), not the Dongfeng 41. China's strongest is the Dongfeng 51. As for how strong it is, we have to wait for a target~

  23. It landed in the pacific ocean but somehow experts claimed this will raise tensions in south China Sea…. Lols

  27. America, why so worried about the test launch? Doesn't the US too launches more tests launches? Why so worried when the missiles were filled with water?
    They are saying the test was done under an "enormous amount of tension". Who created these tension in the first place? Who intimates first? Don't keep marching your boots and expect no reaction. The SCS are China's backyard. Why all these non-stop US and European warships and jets all over the place? Do we see Chinese or Russian warships in equal numbers off the US coasts? Don't be so blinken hypocritical.

  29. DF-31AG and DF-41 mobile launcher; DF-5B well launcher; JL2 and JL3 submarine launcher; All these 5 types of ICBM can cover all USA mainland.

  30. Where was/is the tension from? Ask America………😂………why has China to be the country to bear the burden to release the tension which America intentionally built up in the region……😂

  43. What a hypocritic. It proved again that the western demon evils are still dreaming their old time, which had been gone many years ago.

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