International Report - China's Missile Test Overshadowed by Iran War, but Pacific Nations Are Watching
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July 13, 2026 On July 6, a Chinese Navy submarine launched a nuclear-capable JL-2 or JL-3 intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile, flying south-east and carrying a simulated warhead, falls into the Pacific Ocean in the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone. The launch was the first known test of a missile launched from a Chinese submarine since 1982 and the first in history from a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine. "The launch of China'…
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International report - China's missile test overshadowed by Iran war, but Pacific nations are watching
China recenly test-fired a nuclear-capable missile from a submarine into the Pacific, the first such launch from a nuclear-powered vessel and the first submarine-based test since 1982.
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