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From the Associated Press: TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, stirring security concerns in the region already tense over Beijing’s territorial claims and rivalry with the U.S.
The ICBM carried a dummy warhead and fell into a designated area of the sea, the Defense Ministry said in a statement posted to social media.
The launch by the People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket Force was part of routine annual training, complied with international law and was not directed against any country or target, according to the statement.
It is unclear how often China conducts tests over such a distance. In 1980, China launched an ICBM into the South Pacific.
A map published in Chinese newspapers at the time showed the target area as roughly a circle in the center of a ring formed by the Solomon Islands, Nauru, the Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, western Samoa, Fiji and the New Hebrides.
There was a launch from Hainan at 00:44UTC today (September 25). Not a space launch, but an intercontinental ballistic missile test launched to southern Pacific pic.twitter.com/BBbymSmNBn
— China ‘N Asia Spaceflight 🚀𝕏 🛰️ (@CNSpaceflight) September 25, 2024
The #PLA Rocket Force launches an intercontinental ballistic missile into open waters in the Pacific Ocean. (Video: 中国军号) pic.twitter.com/OpKK2o9Z4L
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) September 25, 2024
BREAKING: China test-fires an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean https://t.co/Cgsie9Oz5w
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 25, 2024
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