China's missile test is putting Pacific on edge
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The long-range ballistic missile, carrying a dummy warhead, was fired from a nuclear-powered submarine on Monday during what Beijing described as routine annual military training.
China's first such test since 2024 took place amid warnings from Australia and New Zealand.
Although the Pentagon estimates that China’s nuclear-missile subs have been patrolling at sea for about a decade, the Chinese government has never confirmed that. So its announcement on July 6th that one of them had carried out a rare test of a ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean both surprised and unnerved many across the region.
L3Harris Technologies secured $500 million Pentagon contract Monday to support a program that measures the success of missile interceptor tests. According to Defense Blog, the defense firm’s High Altitude Observatory aircraft carry electro-optic and infrared sensors built specifically to capture high-fidelity data.
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, July 7 (Reuters) - Australia and the Solomon Islands pledged on Tuesday to deepen bilateral ties and criticised China's test of a ballistic missile fired from a nuclear-powered submarine in the Pacific,
