It’s possible China just tested a powerful new rocket capable of blasting into space with little notice and knocking out America’s low-orbiting satellites.
Possible, but not certain. For sure, the Chinese government launched something from the Korla Missile Test Complex in western China on Oct. 30. Photos circulating online depict a rocket corkscrewing into the upper atmosphere, trailing a winding, glowing contrail in the night sky.
Chinese media, which the country’s Communist Party closely monitors and censors, confirmed the launch of the HQ-19 rocket but insisted it was part of a missile-defense test, the likes of which the U.S. military conducts routinely.
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