China's missile test is putting Pacific on edge
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This latest military test demonstrates China's growing willingness to use its military strength to send a warning to the Pacific: that Beijing now has the military and nuclear means to assert its dominance in the region.
The Australian government says there was ‘insufficient notice’ as details of missile path are released by Taiwan government
China fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a doomsday submarine on Monday in a show of force just as its neighbors were signing a defense pact and ahead of a NATO summit.
Although the Pentagon estimates that China’s nuclear-missile subs have been patrolling at sea for about a decade, the Chinese government has never confirmed that. So its announcement on July 6th that one of them had carried out a rare test of a ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean both surprised and unnerved many across the region.
Russia has launched missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, killing at least 12 people and highlighting gaps in Ukraine’s air defenses.
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‘Serious shortage’: Ukraine just ran low on Patriot interceptors — and not one Russian ballistic missile was stopped over Kyiv
Russia's latest mass attack on Kyiv killed at least 15 civilians as Ukraine's Air Force warned of a "serious shortage" of interceptor missiles. OSINT analysis suggests no ballistic missiles were stopped in the strike — and with global Patriot demand surging after the Iran war,
China's long-range missile test has sparked regional concern despite Beijing calling it a routine military exercise. Australia warned the launch could undermine stability in the Pacific.
China has defied warnings and fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a nuclear-powered submarine in the South Pacific.
