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China successful at testing interceptor missles- By:Generalissimo of all Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads) 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary-China has conducted successful interceptor missile test. These missiles were ground-to-air missile. The Chinese intended that the missiles were not aimed at any countries. Chinese missile test were conducted after the sale of air defence missile to Taiwan by the US. China - which regards Taiwan as part of its territory - has warned the US that relations could be disrupted if the sale goes ahead. (BBC) Their true objective with the missile test was to test the interceptor system, which has achieved the result they were looking for. Communist China has threatened to take back Taiwan by force, if necessary. (BBC) China's defence ministry warned over the weekend that it reserved the right to take unspecified action if the US followed through with the sale, which it called a "severe obstacle" to China-US military ties.Senior officials in the Chinese People's Liberation Army have urged Beijing to punish the US government and firms for arms deals with the disputed island."We have the power and ability to adopt counter-measures [against US arms sales to Taiwan]," Major-General Jin Yinan, a professor at China's National Defence University, wrote in the Study Times, a China newspaper, earlier this month."We must use counter-measures to make the other side pay a corresponding price and suffer corresponding punishment."The Global Times quoted senior military strategist Yang Chengjun as saying that the test had "ushered China into a new phase in terms of missile interception technologies"."China needs an improved capability and more means of military defence as the country faces increasing security threats," Yang was quoted as saying.But China's foreign ministry was quick to add that "the [missile interceptor] test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country". (AJ) And top this off there could be more on the way. Sources- BBC- [] Al Jazeera- [] Similar- BBC and AJ were similar to which both say that the missile test were successful. Also, they agree on that the missiles were ground to air missile. Both also say that the ties may have been affected due to the arms sale to Taiwan by the US. Difference- The two differences in the articles are that BBC was shorter than Al Jazeera and that BBC was a quick summary of the major points whereas Al Jazeera go in to depth of the whole situation. Opinion-This is just crazy at how the Chinese want to test the missile just for the fact that just in case if a country attacks the mainland. Yet it is also crazy that the Chinese want to take back Taiwan by force, why couldn't they just agree on one thing to keep the ties together. And, the Chinese are just power crazed, they want all of their territories to be with the mainland, so to speak of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.