Chinese missile debris threatens the Philippines, and the authorities close the airspace for two days

Relations between the Philippines and China are not likely to improve anytime soon. New Chinese missile debris threatens to crash again on Philippine soil. Local authorities decided to close much of the country’s airspace.

Relations between China and the Philippines are in bad shape. While it was recently learned that diplomatic relations between the two countries have deteriorated significantly in recent months due to China’s unchecked space ambitions, today the skies seem to be getting darker between the two Asian powers. In fact, while China launched a new missile on Thursday The Long March 3bRemnants of the latter will fall to Earth’s surface this weekend. Too big to burn completely, this debris will fall off completely It is not disciplined It is unpredictable on our planet. According to the simulations made, they should touch the blue planet atPhilippine Maritime Space.

Thus, today, as a precautionary measure, the Philippines announced the issuance of closing its airspace through Monday, January 2nd. An action with significant economic and social consequences during this time of the year due to the arrival of large numbers of tourists for the New Year holidays.

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Does China not learn from its mistakes? Indeed, this is a question that seems legitimate to ask A An event with similar consequences may already have played a spoiler in European airspace. The unexpected return to Earth of a Chinese space bomber, as long as a 9-story building, similarly paralyzed in Spanish airspace before falling back into the Pacific Ocean.

A few days ago, we also learned that in addition to violating some principles of international law by dropping , in Sea area of ​​the PhilippinesAnother missile debris China also went into the territory of its neighbor without permission. The Chinese military patrol then illegally retrieved the remains of their aircraft by cutting the tow cable. The rift is burning between the two Asian powers.

Source : forbes.com