The Diplomat:
Following the first-ever successful salvo test of the U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile defense system against an intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) class target last week, China’s Ministry of Defense has expressed concern about strategic stability.
“The Chinese side regards missile defense as an important issue of strategic stability that matters on the trust between countries,” Senior Colonel Wu Qian, director General of the Information Office of China’s Ministry of National Defense and the ministry’s spokesperson, said during a regular monthly press conference.
“It should be handled very carefully,” Wu added. China has in the past expressed concerns about the United States developing missile defense systems capable of posing a threat to its second strike nuclear forces.
