International relationsChina ICBM launch shows Beijing can 'fight on multiple fronts'
Demonstration of range sends warning to Washington about Taiwan intervention
Visitors pose by displays of military vehicles carrying a DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile and a DF-17 hypersonic missile at an exhibition in Beijing in October 2022. © Reuters
STEVEN BOROWIEC and KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei staff writers
September 26, 2024 11:46 JST
SEOUL/WASHINGTON -- China's rare public launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week sends a message that the country's military is combat ready on a number of fronts, while the show of force could spur closer cooperation among the U.S. and its Asian allies, analysts said.