China fired its most powerful ‘mystery weapon’ near Taiwan, it was also tested in Aksai Chin

The Chinese military on Thursday fired 370 mm PCL 191 (MLRS) rockets as part of a live fire exercise. These rockets were launched over the Taiwan Straits. The purpose of firing them is to target Taiwan. The rocket which has been fired from China has a range of 350 km. This information has been given by the local media of China. It has been told by China’s official newspaper Global Times that under the military drill which is happening close to Taiwan, Taiwan is being siege from sea to land and also in the air. In the drill, Chinese forces are using everything from J-20 stealth fighter jets to DF-17 hypersonic missiles.

Mystery weapon of china
The rocket that China has fired has been termed by defense experts as a ‘mystery weapon’. This rocket system (MLRS) was tested at a time when tensions with India were going on in eastern Ladakh. China had recently tested it close to Ladakh. Its maximum range is being said to be 500 km but little doubt has been raised on it. Some people tell its range as 350 km. The PCL-191 is a truck launch rocket system that can launch 370 mm rockets with ease.

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The system can carry eight rockets with a range of 350 km or the 750 mm Fire Dragon can carry 480 tactile ballistic missiles. These missiles have a range of more than 500 km. The glimpse of this rocket system was first shown by China to the world during the National Day Parade in the year 2019. This system is being termed as the most advanced system of PLA. Apart from this, it has been told by the Global Times that the Eastern Command Rocket Force of the PLA has fired a variety of conventional missiles towards several identified parts of the east of Taiwan.

WATCH: PLA Eastern Theater Command Rocket Force launched conventional missiles to designated waters in the east of the island of Taiwan on Thu pic.twitter.com/WpFURLeN8X

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) August 4, 2022

Variety of dangerous weapons
The drill that China’s military is carrying out close to Taiwan includes J-20 fighter jets, H-6K bombers, J-11 fighter jets, Type 052D destroyers as well as Type 056A Corvettes and DF-11 short-range ballistic missiles. has been deployed. Earlier, early warning aircraft and DF-17 hypersonic missiles have also been included in the exercise.

A few days ago, Chinese state media released more information about the DF-17 missiles. In a video released by CCTV, it was told that it is a medium range ballistic missile. This video was released on August 1. Together with the PLA, this video was brought to the fore when the PLA was celebrating its 95th Placement Day.

DF-17 missile is dangerous
The DF-17 missile system is fitted on the DF-ZF Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV). This missile became operational on 1 October 2019 and was the first medium-range hypersonic missile. In the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists of the year 2020, it was told that the range of this missile is more than 1800 km. Quoting the US Strategic Command Force, it was told that this missile can carry nuclear weapons in addition to conventional missiles.