US voices concern over China's intercontinental range missile test
Australia said China’s brief notice and long-range missile launch showed a more capable sea-based nuclear deterrent, alarming regional allies.
- On Monday, July 6, the People's Liberation Army Navy launched an intercontinental-range ballistic missile with a dummy warhead from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific Ocean, hitting designated waters.
- Chinese officials characterized the launch as a 'routine arrangement' of annual military training and claimed relevant nations were informed in advance; Australia and New Zealand disputed this, noting the lack of customary 48 hours' notice.
- State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Beijing's 'rapid and opaque nuclear weapons buildup is of great concern to the region and the world,' while experts noted the test demonstrates capability to strike the continental United States from nearby waters.
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale in Honiara on Tuesday, where Wale stated the launch was 'not the act of a friend' and registered a formal protest with China.
- The United States urged Beijing to engage in 'meaningful arms control discussions and commit to a regularized notification arrangement' for all intercontinental-range ballistic missile launches, as regional powers warned Pacific waters risk becoming unregulated testing grounds.
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China gave the United States only a few hours in advance of a ballistic missile launch test on July 6 and provided insufficient information, said an official of the U.S. State Department on Wednesday.
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A dramatic video shows a Chinese ballistic missile erupting from beneath the waves, likely from a Type‑094 Jin‑class SSBN, with impact west of the Solomon Islands. As Xi warns Washington off Taiwan, this long‑range SLBM test showcases Beijing’s growing sea‑based nuclear deterrent and raises urgent questions about future crises in the Pacific.
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Pacific nation of Tuvalu condemns Chinese missile launch into Pacific
A Chinese submarine test-fired a "strategic" missile carrying a dummy warhead on Monday, with monitors saying the rocket appeared to land in a patch of ocean somewhere between Solomon Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu. Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo said his nation shared the "grave and serious concern and disappointment of other Pacific leaders" at the launch of the nuclear-capable ballistic missile. Pacific Island leaders are considering a "very str…
China test fires missile into Pacific, alarming regional powers
China's military test-fired a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific on Monday (July 6), state media reported, drawing criticism and concern from the U.S., Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan.
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