The National Interest:
China is developing a new generation of surface-to-air missile defenses, but details are scarce.
What does seem apparent is that the new weapon is being designed to counter a wide range of threats ranging from aircraft to cruise missiles to ballistic missiles. Indeed, the Chinese engineers working on the new weapons system seem to indicate that the new system will be designed to provide long-range ballistic missile defense among its various functions.
“Researchers from the academy’s Zhang Yiqun Laboratory have been playing a vital role in the development of China’s new air-defense missile system by designing its control systems – the ‘brain’ of any missile,” reads a China Military Online posting, which by its own description is “authorized by the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and sponsored by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) News Media Center.”
