China, Beijing: ‘Missile test successfully carried out in the Pacific’

Beijing (China), 6 July (LaPresse) – The Chinese military has successfully tested a long-range ballistic missile, launching it from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific. The missile, according to the Xinhua news agency, was carrying a dummy warhead. The New Zealand government has clarified that it was informed of the test several hours in advance. “It appears that, despite our long-standing concerns about this type of activity, China carried out the test just a few hours after informing us,” New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters told the Associated Press in a statement.