Generally suited to launch space satellites, the firing of this missile, DIRECTLY OVER SYDNEY, was clearly meant to intimidate Australia, and comes on the heels of the announcement by Australia, the UK and the US of a new submarine program which will see Australia equipped with nuclear-propelled submarines.
Had China merely intended to “test” a missile, it would have achieved space orbit long before ever reaching Australia. The fact that it kept it’s relatively low altitude from launch inside China, all the way to Australia so it could be SEEN over Sydney, is proof that China meant it to intimidate.
The object, identified as a Long March 3B rocket, reportedly launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China at around 6:20 p.m. Monday.
