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| China's HQ-16A Surface-to-Air Missile System |
During a China-Russia joint press briefing on missile defense on the sidelines of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, the two countries announced that they will conduct a second anti-missile joint exercise next year as the United States plans to deploy a missile defense system near them.
Beijing and Moscow have increased their anti-missile cooperation this year as the United States and its ally, the Republic of Korea, pushed forward a joint plan to deploy the long-range Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in the ROK.
The X-band radar associated with the THAAD system has a maximum range of 2,000 km, a radius which is capable of covering parts of China and Russia.
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