China's First Public Pacific ICBM Test in 44 Years Signals Nuclear Confidence Amid US Tensions

Beijing's September 2024 PLARF launch into the South Pacific—its most transparent long-range missile test since the 1980 DF-5—carries nuclear, geopolitical, and domestic institutional weight.

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