China has successfully tested new “phantom space strike” technology that can trick missile defence systems by emitting fake target signals from space in a nuclear attack, it is reported. Military engineers said computer simulations of the weapon system have achieved positive results earlier this month. It has been designed so that three spacecraft blast out radio interference that tricks enemy forces into launching interception equipment in the wrong direction. Researchers worked on the idea of saturating the enemy's response by sending out decoy signals. The spacecrafts' direction, speed and formation are decided before the launch and are based on the...
