From Telegraph:
When China unveiled its new, home-grown Jian-10 fighter jet in January, it was hailed in Beijing as proof that the country could now match the achievements of America and Russia in aerospace technology.
A week after the Jian-10 made its first public appearance, China underlined its growing confidence as a military power by destroying one of its orbiting satellites, using a ground-launched ballistic missile.
For rival powers it represented a dangerous step towards the militarisation of space. But for China it showed that the world’s most populous nation is ahead of schedule in its drive to transform the world’s largest military into a hi-tech force, able to project its power far beyond its borders. [Full Text]
