My guess is that these launches are a response to the Taiwan's conducting the first US HIMARS firings of its west coast. And Japan firing its new Type 88 antiship missile from the Philippines during the Balikatan exercises.
What signal is China sending with footage of DF-17 hypersonic missile launches?
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What signal is China sending with footage of DF-17 hypersonic missile launches?
State broadcaster CCTV shows the first footage of the weapons being fired at a training camp somewhere in the Gobi Desert.
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