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US blasted over new missile test
    2019-08-21  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

CHINA and Russia yesterday accused the United States of ramping up military tensions with a new missile test, weeks after Washington and Moscow tore up a Cold War-era pact and sparked fears of a fresh arms race.

The United States and Russia ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty this month after accusing each other of violating the deal.

“This measure from the U.S. will trigger a new round of an arms race, leading to an escalation of military confrontation, which will have a serious negative impact on the international and regional security situation,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang in Beijing.

Geng said that the U.S. should “let go of its Cold War mentality” and “do more things that are conducive to... international and regional peace and tranquillity.”

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the new U.S. test was a “cause of regret.”

“The U.S. has obviously taken a course towards escalation of military tensions. We won’t react to provocations,” Ryabkov told state news agency TASS.

The United States tested a new ground-based cruise missile which can hit a target after more than 500 kilometers of flight, the Pentagon said Monday in a statement.

The test took place at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday at San Nicolas Island, California, said the statement.

The missile “exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately impacted its target after more than 500 kilometers of flight,” the statement said.

“Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense’s development of future intermediate-range capabilities,” it said.

The United States will fully develop ground-launched conventional missiles after withdrawing from the INF Treaty earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has said.

The collapse of the INF Treaty, which was signed by the Soviet Union and the United States in 1987, has triggered the fear that a new round of arms race is looming, many analysts say.   

(SD-Xinhua)

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