The Chinese military conducted a successful test of a ground-based anti-ballistic missile system with interceptor interceptors, according to Defense Talk. The launch of an interceptor missile designed to hit targets with a direct hit was recognized as successful.

The flight trajectory of the intercontinental ballistic missile can be divided into three sections: overclocking, over-atmospheric and terminal. On the acceleration - the carrier gains the nominal speed and goes beyond the atmosphere, then the rocket engines are switched off and aiming and detaching the combat unit.

At the terminal site, the combat unit (and false targets, if they are provided by the design of a ballistic missile) enter the atmosphere and fall on the target. In the first sector, the missile is most vulnerable, since it has not yet had time to dial the nominal speed. On the second carrier is also quite vulnerable, but outside the atmosphere the difficulty of interception lies in the choice of the method of defeat - a normal explosion does not work.

At the terminal site, the interception of combat units is technically possible, but this option is the least preferred for several reasons, one of which is the contamination of vast areas of the territory with debris of downed nuclear warheads. In addition, the interception of combat units can be complicated by the presence of false targets in the air. Some warheads can maneuver in the fall.

What exactly the missile defense system was tested by the military, the Ministry of Defense of China does not disclose. In particular, it does not reveal which target the interceptor was supposed to hit. It is known that, taking into account the last launch of the anti-missile system, four tests were conducted - the previous three, which were recognized as successful, were conducted in 2010, 2013 and 2014.

At present, in addition to China, missile defense missile systems with missile intercept missiles are possessed by the United States, Israel, Romania (SM-3, under the control of the United States of Europe) and Japan.