China has released footage of its first interception test of a mid-air ballistic missile, destroying a target miles above Earth .
Video shows the land-based rocket blast off into the sky in a blinding white light, before hurtling towards what looks like a small white dot above the planet’s atmosphere.
Upon impact, the missile explodes into a huge fireball .
Footage of the experiment, which took place in 2010, has never been made public until now. – READ MORE
