China fires missile into Pacific Ocean
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Some countries in the region were quick to criticize the launch, which China sought to play down.
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.
