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Submarine Missile Test Puts China's Pacific Ambitions on Display
Australia, New Zealand and Japan condemned the launch as destabilizing, while Taiwan said it threatened regional peace and stability.
- On Monday, the Chinese Navy test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, identifying the weapon as part of the Julang-3 missile series per the People's Liberation Army.
- Beijing views this capability as essential for credible nuclear deterrence, as Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Junshe wrote that such tests provide a necessary 'nuclear counterstrike' capability even if other weapons are put out of action.
- With a 12,000-kilometer range, the Type 094 submarine represents China's most effective method for long-range strikes against Australian military bases, according to researchers Sam Roggeveen and David Vallance of the Lowy Institute.
- Foreign Minister Winston Peters of New Zealand voiced "deep concern" over nuclear-capable tests in the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, while Taiwan's Presidential Office Spokesperson Karen Guo condemned the launch and urged Beijing to cease "irresponsible unilateral actions."
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated the launch serves as a message to the alliance, warning that nations "must not be naive" regarding China's military expansion, which coincides with Beijing's challenge to the US-led regional security architecture.
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China shows the strength of its naval deterrent as it accelerates the race to strengthen its missile arsenal. Great alarm in Japan, Australia, New Zealand
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North Korea TimesSubmarine missile test puts China's Pacific ambitions on display
A Chinese submarine test-fired a "strategic" missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, Beijing said, prompting immediate condemnation across the region.
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