China and Russia once again display their naval power while the West watches with concern an increasingly close strategic alliance. Early Monday morning, while a missile-launching cruiser, a submarine,

China's rare launch of a ballistic missile launch into the Pacific will push regional powers to deepen their defense ties.

This latest military test demonstrates China's growing willingness to use its military strength to send a warning to the Pacific: that Beijing now has the military and nuclear means to assert its dominance in the region.

The Philippines on Tuesday condemned China’s test launch of an intercontinental-range ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, a day after the United States voiced similar concerns over Beijing’s expanding nuclear capabilities.

Chinese ballistic missile tests and naval forays will become a "persistent" feature of the Pacific as Beijing expands its security presence, New Zealand officials said in an internal document obtained by AFP.

The partners have stepped up joint naval training and patrols in a challenge to U.S. military dominance in the Pacific.

At Vietnam’s southernmost tip, heavy trucks rumble through mangrove swamps and shrimp farms as soldiers and construction crews work around the clock to build the country’s longest sea bridge.

China has only six SSBNs. Desperate to gain an edge in submarine warfare, China has been building submarines with unique features, like no sail, which is the square superstructure on top of the hull which most submarines have had for over a century.

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