PNN – Following the widespread international coverage of Beijing’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, China’s Ministry of Defense announced that the move was to test the weapon’s performance.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, quoted by AFP, Zhang Xiaogang, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of China, said this Thursday: The ICBM was launched to test our weapons and training performance. This is a legitimate and common mechanism for military training.
Zhang said at a press conference in Beijing: China’s nuclear policy is very stable, consistent and predictable. We strongly follow a nuclear policy of no first use of nuclear weapons and a self-defense nuclear strategy.
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He said China was not seeking an arms race and had promised not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones.
A spokesman for China’s Ministry of Defense emphasized that Beijing will continue to maintain its nuclear capabilities at the minimum level required for national security.
Yesterday, Wednesday, China’s Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s military successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a Mashki warhead towards a specific target in the Pacific Ocean.
French-ruled Polynesia reported that the missile landed near its exclusive economic zone. The French High Commission also said that China had informed Paris about the missile launch.