Taiwan said on Sunday that China’s recent launch of a meteorological satellite has resulted in rocket wreckage crashing into its northern waters, where Beijing had previously imposed a three-day entry restriction on flights in the area.
Beijing launched its long March-4B rocket carrying the Fengyun-3G weather satellite on Sunday. The rocket blasted off at 9.36 a.m. local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Gansu province.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the Chinese rocket was spotted flying over the island’s northern airspace after it launched.
Taiwanese armed forces monitored the rocket launch through joint intelligence and surveillance and found that it did not pose a threat to Taiwan’s security, according to the ministry’s press release….