South China Morning Post:
The People’s Liberation Army has sent its DF-26 ballistic missiles to China’s northwest region in an apparent bid to beef up training of its missile force.
State broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday that the far-reaching anti-ship ballistic missiles were being used in active training in the country’s northwestern plateau and desert areas.
The DF-26 can carry a nuclear or conventional warhead and strike medium to large vessels as far as 4,000km (2,500 miles) away.
On Friday, nationalistic tabloid Global Times highlighted the timing, with the mobilisation coinciding with US warship the USS McCampbell “trespassing” in China’s territorial waters near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by Beijing.
