A DF-26 missile was from Qinghai into the South China Sea on Tuesday, according to a source close to the Chinese military. Photo: Reuters
SCMP: 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
China launched two missiles, including an “aircraft-carrier killer”, 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.
Both were fired into an area between Hainan province and the Paracel Islands, the source said.
The landing areas were within a zone that Hainan maritime safety authorities said on Friday would be off limits because of military exercises from Monday to Saturday.
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Update: China Fires Two Missiles Into Sea As "Warning To US" In Huge Escalation Following Spy Plane Breach (Zero Hedge).
WNU Editor: The Chinese are upset because this happened yesterday .... China Claims U.S. Spy Plane Entered A No-Fly Zone During Live-Fire Naval Exercises (August 25, 2020).
Update #2: The Americans have doubled down. They U.S. just sent another spy plane to conduct another reconnaissance .... US conducts provocative close-up recon on PLA drills two days in a row (Global Times).
