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Sunday, January 19, 2014

China to become world's largest missile producer: report

DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles with launchersTwo of China's major missile producers — China North Industries Corporation and China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation — are expected to turn out 50,000 ballistic missiles for the nation, according to a report in the latest issue of the Aviation Week & Space Technology, a magazine with ties to the US military.

To win a potential territorial conflict against Japan over islands in the East China Sea, the Aviation Week & Space Technology stated that China is currently targeting Tokyo with around 1,000 missiles.

However, this number of missiles is only a fraction of China's total production capacity, the report said, adding that the missiles are designed and produced to enable China to subdue its enemy without real fighting.

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