Chinese missile test: Chinese nuclear submarine in South Pacific fires test missile

China’s Army says it has fired a missile in the South Pacific. The Navy said the test of the long-range missile was successful. The projectile was then fired from a nuclear-powered submarine. According to the state news agency Xinhua, a dummy was mounted on the rocket instead of a warhead.

According to China’s People’s Liberation Army, this is a routine test as part of annual military exercises and is in accordance with international law. Affected states were informed about this in advance. The army emphasized in its statement that the test was not directed against individual countries.

Countries in the region expressed concern. »Australia “We have made it clear to China that we see this as destabilizing for the region,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said, according to media reports. Japan expressed concern to Beijing about Chinese military activities, the defense ministry said on the online platform X. The New Zealand government said China informed it a few hours before the test. New Zealand has long had concerns about such actions, said Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

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