Chinese military fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile into South China Sea in ‘warning to the United States’
Weapon one of two sent over disputed waters a day after American spy plane reportedly nears Chinese naval drill, source says
PLA flexes muscle in response to continued US testing of Beijing’s bottom lines, analyst says
Kristin Huang
Published: 10:00pm, 26 Aug, 2020
China launched two missiles, including an “aircraft-carrier killerâ€, into the South China Sea
on Wednesday morning, a source close to the Chinese military said, sending a clear warning to the United States.
The move came one day after China said a US U-2 spy plane entered a no-fly zone
without permission during a Chinese live-fire naval drill in the Bohai Sea off its north coast.
One of the missiles, a DF-26B, was launched from the northwestern province of Qinghai, while the other, a DF-21D, lifted off from Zhejiang province in the east.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3098972/chinese-military-launches-two-missiles-south-china-sea-warning
