BANGKOK (AP) — When China launched a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, it was a rare test of a nuclear-capable weapons system that drew international rebuke.

The strategic missile was fired into the Pacific from a nuclear-powered submarine, state media reported, in the Chinese military’s first such test since 2024.

China’s navy test-launched a long-range ballistic missile from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific.