Foreign ministry spokesman liu jianchao said tuesday that beijing has informed washington of the january 11th test , in which it used a ground - based missile to destroy an aging chinese weather satellite 外交部發(fā)言人劉建超星期二說,北京已經告知華盛頓有關1月11號的測試事宜。中國在試驗中用陸基導彈摧毀了一顆年久的氣象衛(wèi)星。
But china ' s space plans have faced increasing international scrutiny amid fears about a potential space arms race with the united states and other powers since it blew up one of its own weather satellites using a ground - base missile in january 但是,自從在1月使用陸基導彈摧毀了她自己的氣象衛(wèi)星,中國的太空計劃越來越面臨國際審查,審查意指擔心同美國和其他國家潛在的太空武器軍備競賽。