Updated Sep 3, 2026 – 1.51pm, first published at 1.41pmPacific leaders have demanded at least 24 hours’ notice for future intercontinental ballistic missile tests following widespread outrage over China’s test-fire of a nuclear-capable weapon into the ocean with little warning.At the Pacific Islands Forum on Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejected comparisons between US and Chinese missile testing in the Pacific, branding Beijing’s surprise ICBM test launch in July fundamentally “different” as Pacific Islands Forum leaders negotiated the terms of a joint rebuke to China.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Pacific leaders demand 24 hours warning for ballistic missile tests
The new demand for advanced notice of missile tests follows widespread condemnation of China’s test-fire of a nuclear-capable long-range rocket into the Pacific.
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