Xinhua (February 4) reported that China's Ministry of National Defense had announced on February 4, that China conducted a land-based mid-section anti-missile interception technology test within its territory, and the test achieved its expected goals. It said this test is defensive and does not target any country.

(Comment: China's announcement of the test comes as India begins to deploy its nuclear capable 5000-kms range Agni-V ICBMs this year.)