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The Trump administration on Monday criticized China for conducting a test launch of a provocative submarine-launched, nuclear-capable missile that the State Department called a sign of Beijing\u2019s continuing arms buildup.<\/p>\n

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China carried out the test launch on Monday of what analysts say is likely an advanced JL-2 missile or new JL-3 multi-warhead submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a strategic weapon shown during a military parade in September.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for People\u2019s Liberation Army navy provided no details on the type of submarine or missile involved, or the launch and splashdown locations, or the distance traveled.<\/p>\n

PLA Sr. Capt. Wang Xuemeng, the spokesman, said the test was a \u201croutine arrangement\u201d during annual military training and asserted that China provided prior notification of the launch to relevant nations.<\/p>\n

The test warhead \u201cprecisely hit the designated target waters in the Pacific Ocean,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe test complied with international law and established international practices and was not targeted at any specific country or target,\u201d Capt. Wang stated.<\/p>\n

The launch rattled regional neighbors Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan that condemned the test, according to statements from those governments.<\/p>\n

The unarmed missile traveled from an area around the northeast China coast and landed in the southern Pacific Ocean, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when the United States is working harder than ever to prevent nuclear proliferation, China is doing the opposite,\u201d Mr. Pigott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeijing\u2019s rapid and opaque nuclear weapons buildup is of great concern to the region and the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to urge China to engage in meaningful arms control discussions and commit to a regularized notification arrangement for all intercontinental-range ballistic missile and space launches consistent with commitments made\u201d by the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council \u2014 all nuclear powers, he said.<\/p>\n

The administration remains \u201csteadfast\u201d in U.S. defense commitments to allies and partners in the region, Mr. Pigott added.<\/p>\n

Retired Navy Capt. Jim Fanell said the missile test is a clear sign that China\u2019s military is abandoning a decades-long Chinese policy of \u201cno first use\u201d of nuclear weapons in a conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PLA Navy\u2019s test launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile deep into the South Pacific is a clear and unambiguous declaration from the Chinese Communist Party of its commitment to a first strike nuclear capability,\u201d said Capt. Fanell, a former Pacific Fleet intelligence director.<\/p>\n

Despite years of repeated assertions of fielding a limited second-strike strategy, the test launch from a submarine, most likely an improved Jin-class\/Type-094A submarine \u201cdiffers substantially from the PLA Strategic Rocket Force\u2019s test launch of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile in 2024,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The test firing also took place as the U.S. military\u2019s largest international military exercises, known as RIMPAC, are underway near Hawaii.<\/p>\n

China military affairs expert Rick Fisher said the missile most likely was a JL-3, based on images of the missile disclosed on Chinese social media.<\/p>\n

Mr. Fisher, with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said Chinese officials have said the missile is expected to be armed with multiple nuclear warheads, with each missile submarine carrying 12 JL-3 missiles, each capable of launching between five and eight Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) warheads.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to sustain the credibility of its extended nuclear deterrent, it is necessary for the U.S. to begin re-MIRV-ing its Minuteman-III ICBMs, to begin talking to South Korea and Japan about whether the U.S. should forward deploy B-61 tactical nuclear bombs, and then move to accelerate the development of new low yield nuclear warheads for new U.S. theater missiles,\u201d Mr. Fisher said.<\/p>\n

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, criticized the Chinese for \u201ccontinuously increasing its defense spending at a high rate without sufficient transparency and expanding its nuclear missile capabilities, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, rapidly and extensively.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Pentagon has warned that China\u2019s rapid expansion of its nuclear forces is a \u201cbreakout\u201d requiring an immediate response and seemingly having no end.<\/p>\n

China notified the Japanese government of the test about a half hour before it took place, prompting the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to urge China to \u201crethink\u201d its planned test firing to avoid threatening Japan\u2019s security, according to a government statement reported by Kyodo News Agency.<\/p>\n

Chinese authorities on Sunday notified the Japan coast guard of the areas designated for potential missile debris, including within Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone in the Pacific, south of the western prefecture of Wakayama.<\/p>\n

In Taiwan, the presidential office condemned the missile launch as undermining international peace and stability.<\/p>\n

Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo said in a statement that Beijing \u201csought to intimidate the international community\u201d with the missile test.<\/p>\n

Ms. Kuo also called on China to \u201cexercise restraint, abide by the rules-based international order and immediately cease its irresponsible unilateral actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong called the submarine missile test \u201cdestabilizing to the region.\u201d The Australian government also was notified in advance of the test.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia has been clear that this proposal, this proposed test, is in the context of a rapid military buildup by China, which is lacking in the transparency and reassurance as to intent that the region expects,\u201d Ms. Wong told reporters in Fiji, where a defense pact between Australia and the South Pacific island chain was concluded.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said his nation was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d by the test firing of a nuclear-capable weapon, noting the flight test is part of a recurring pattern by China.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also concerned that this now seems to be a recurring pattern by China, following its test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the South Pacific in 2024,\u201d Mr. Peters said added. \u201cWe as a region should not sit by and allow such tests to become normalized or routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The missile test also comes as military forces of both China and Russia launched a joint naval exercise just off the northern port of Qingdao that state media said will involve anti-submarine warfare drills and air defense tests.<\/p>\n

The underwater open-ocean test firing is the first from a Chinese missile submarine since 1988, and the first known one from a modern vessel.<\/p>\n

Earlier submarine missile firings included a JL-1 missile in 1981 from an already obsolete Soviet-made Golf-class diesel-powered submarine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subsequent missile launches were carried out from China\u2019s early nuclear-powered Xia-class missile submarine in 1985 with the last one in 1988.<\/p>\n

Online military analysts traced the trajectory of the missile from waters in the Bohai Sea southward to an impact area in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Mr. Pigott, the State Department spokesman, did not elaborate on how the test related to Chinese nuclear proliferation.<\/p>\n

However, a Congressional Research Service report made public in May said Chinese companies were continuing to sell nuclear weapons and missile-related systems and goods to Russia, North Korea and Iran.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government halted direct involvement in nuclear-related proliferation and transfers of complete missile systems, the report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, Chinese entities have continued to engage in proliferation, according to the U.S. government, which also has repeatedly expressed concerns with regard to weaknesses in China\u2019s export control system,\u201d the May 19 report stated.<\/p>\n

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