Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleChina test-fired a long-range ballistic missile with a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, prompting widespread condemnation from the US and Pacific nations. The US State Department voiced concern over China's "rapid and opaque nuclear weapons buildup" and called for Beijing to engage in meaningful arms control talks. Australia, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands criticised the test as "provocative" and "destabilising to the region", also noting insufficient notice from China. The Philippines described the missile launch as a "reckless display of military power" and a "calculated act of taunting and provocation" against nations resisting China's territorial expansion. Russia defended China's actions as a "sovereign right", asserting that Beijing is "not threatening anyone in the world". In fullChina’s missile test in Pacific ‘great concern to region and world’, says USMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
US ‘concerned’ after China fires dummy nuclear warhead into Pacific Ocean
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleChina test-fired a long-range ballistic missile with a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, prompting widespread condemnation from the US and Pacific nations. The US State Department voiced concern over China's "rapid and opaque nuclear weapons buildup" and called for Beijing to engage in meaningful arms control talks. Australia, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands criticised the test as "provocative" and "destabilising to the region", also noting insufficient notice from China. The Philippines described the missile launch as a "reckless display of military power" and a "calculated act of taunting and provocation" against nations resisting China's territorial expansion. Russia defended China's actions as a "sovereign right", asserting that Beijing is "not threatening anyone in the world". In fullChina’s missile test in Pacific ‘great concern to region and world’, says USMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
