Hours after Australia and Fiji signed the most consequential defence agreement in the South Pacific in decades, a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine launched a long-range ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean.Beijing called it a routine exercise. Few in the region are likely to see it that way. At a moment when Australia is deepening security partnerships across the Pacific and India is expanding strategic relationships with like-minded Asian states, the launch reads less like a test and more like a message.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
From Modi to Missiles, China is targeting the Indo-Pacific
The Indian prime minister’s visit to Australia comes as Beijing’s actions across the region shows why it still holds together as a strategic idea.
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