China Conducts Rare Pacific Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test

Type 094 submarine

A Chinese state media image of a Type 094 Jin-class submarine.

Credit: State Media CCTV
SINGAPORE—The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test into the Pacific Ocean, with Australia, Japan and New Zealand among the countries notified shortly before the launch. Chinese state media said a PLAN ballistic missile submarine launched a...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for Aviation Week's Air Transport World magazine and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for Aviation Week.

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