July 7, 2026

China successfully conducted on Monday a flight test of its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, from a nuclear-powered strategic submarine, marking the farthest such trial of any Chinese naval missile to date.

During the historic trial launch, which is the first to be made public in nearly four decades, a nuclear-powered strategic submarine operated by the People's Liberation Army Navy launched the long-range missile carrying a dummy warhead from an undisclosed sea area at 12:01 pm.

The dummy warhead "precisely hit the designated target waters in the Pacific Ocean", the PLA Navy spokesman Senior Captain Wang Xuemeng said in a brief statement.

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