DEVELOPING: (ETH) – China has just fired two medium-range missiles into the South China Sea in what is being called a warning to the US as ongoing tensions continue between the two.

One of the missiles, which was a DF-26B, was launched from the northwestern province of Qinghai while the other missile, a DF-21D, was launched from Zhejiang province in the east. Both missiles were fired into the area southeast of Hainan province and the Paracel islands.

This follows the recent incident where a U.S. spy plane reportedly crossed into a no-fly zone in the Pacific on Tuesday and disrupted drills being carried out by China, The act was sharply criticized by Chinese officials where China’s Defense Ministry stated that an American U-2 aircraft engaged in a “purely provocative act” by entering a no-fly zone”.