China blows up US Navy’s giant warship in simulation

New Delhi (Agencies): China blew up the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, with hypersonic missiles in a menacing simulation which Chinese researchers say proves the US Navy warship could be “destroyed with certainty”. Using a war game simulation system, China’s military forces sank the carrier fleet using a volley of 24 hypersonic anti-ship missiles over the course of 20 intense battles, the New York Post reports.

The results of the simulations were made public in a May paper published by the Chi- nese-language Journal of Test and Management Technology, according to the South China Morning Post. In the scenario, the US vessels are attacked after continuing to approach an island claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea despite repeated warnings.

Passenger held for opening plane door midair

New Delhi: A man has been arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea.

All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely but with its door still open at Daegu International Airport on Friday.

Some passengers fainted while others had breathing problems and were taken to hospital, said local media.

The man, in his 30s, was arrested upon landing. As it was landing about an hour later, a