{"id":289766,"date":"2025-09-23T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=75fe1547ad88f1b9dfb5f82428602846"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:07:02","slug":"china-fires-missile-at-unknown-object-what-exactly-was-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=289766","title":{"rendered":"China fires missile at unknown object \u2013 What exactly was hit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fiery explosion lit up the skies over China on September 12, around 9 p.m. local time, near the cities of Weifang and Rizhao fueling wild speculation that the military may have just shot down an unidentified flying object. <\/p>\n

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Residents in Shandong Province captured videos of a strange, slow moving object flying unusually close to the ground before it suddenly disintegrated in a blinding flash and plummeted to Earth. Moments before the impact, a red fireball looking very much like a surface to air missile was seen streaking toward the object, followed by two thunderous explosions that shook the region. <\/div>\n
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So far, no official statement has been released by the Chinese government or military. But the timing is suspicious: the blast happened during live fire military exercises in the nearby Bohai Sea, where China had already announced tests involving advanced weaponry. <\/div>\n
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Although it is suggested that the missile struck a drone or mock target during the drill, the timing, coming just after revelations that a U.S. Hellfire missile bounced off a mysterious object, has many questioning if this was another direct clash with something far beyond routine military exercises.<\/div>\n
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