- China’s rare launch of ballistic missile from nuclear sub
- China’s first submarine-launched ballistic missile test since 1982
- JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile
- JL-3 range more than 10,000km (6,200 miles)
- ballistic missile flew over Philippines
- launched from Type 094 ballistic missile sub
- China operates at least six Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile subs
- can carry JL-2 missiles and longer-range JL-3
- which can strike US territory from Chinese shores.
- China developing more advanced Type 096 submarine
- Beijing gave advance notification to Australia, Japan and New Zealand
- Japan received advance notification from China
- Japan later confirmed missile had not flown through Japan airspace
- could not detect which missile, where launched from, which flight path
- whether from South China Sea or Bohai Sea in northern China
- public demo of operational readiness of sea-based nuclear deterrent
- Beijing has fully operational nuclear triad spanning land, sea and air
MY COMMENTS: Their first sub launched ballistic missile test in 44 years. The Chinese are not in a hurry. The Chinese have been around for 5,000 years. They will likely be around for another 5,000 years or more.
Meanwhile the Moroccan immigrants rioted and burned cars and buses throughout Europe and the US last night. Why? Because Morocco lost the qualifiers in the World Cup football.
Riots, fireworks and antisemitic chants: Morocco fans spark unrest across Europe after World Cup exit. Morocco supporters rioted across Europe after the team's World Cup semifinal loss to France; A police officer was injured in London, while antisemitic chants including "Hamas" and "Jews to the gas chambers" were reported during unrest in the Netherlands
The monkeys have different priorities.
