China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) will
exhibit around 20 types of missiles at the 6th China International
Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.
CASIC said the missile defense system will demonstrate China's
capability to defend the country's airspace and territory.
The missiles on show include anti-craft missiles, coastal
defense missiles and ground-to-ground missiles.
Yin Xingliang, general manager of CASIC,?said that China's
missile system had reached the technical level of developed
countries in the late 1990s.
Yin said CASIC had worked for the peaceful utilization of
technologies in the military industry and applied the aerospace
technologies in the civil aviation industry.
The six-day exhibition will begin in east China's Zhuhai city on
Tuesday.
(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2006)