This is the first time Beijing has provided additional insight on the launch.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The tests of the two missile platforms came a day after Beijing accused the United States of sending a U-2 spy plane over a no-fly zone during Chinese People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) live-fire drills in the Bohai Sea. The United States Navy had also sent two of its aircraft carrier strike groups (CSG), led by the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, to conduct tactical air defense exercises in the disputed waters in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.