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Tonga’s Prime Minister joined a chorus of regional leaders condemning China’s testing of a nuclear-capable long-range missile in the Pacific.
After this week’s missile test,Defence Force chief David Johnston has called for China to be less secretive about its increasingly assertive and at times dangerous military activities.
Australia accused China of failing to give enough notice of long-range missile test as a flurry of Pacific nations also criticised Beijing’s stance.
Despite Beijing’s insistence that the launch was a “routine” test,it is widely perceived in the region as a provocative and unsettling act.
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles are deployed on nuclear-powered ballistic submarines. They are launched into flight by a brief burst of rocket power.
China’s testing of a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific Ocean generated a splash that no one heard,but every country in the region felt.