Australia and New Zealand are demanding an explanation from China following its unusual test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean. The two island nations expressed concern over the test, which passed near several Pacific Island nations, and will consult with other Pacific leaders before the UNGA concludes.
Australia and New Zealand are looking for an explanation from China on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly for its unusual test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
Beijing has been coy about the missile hardware it tested and its intended flight path, but the Associated Press on Thursdaya map published in a Chinese newspaper that showed the missile flying in a straight line from China’s Hainan Island to “the center of a ring formed by Solomon Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Western Samoa, Fiji, and Vanuatu.”
A spokesman for the New Zealand Foreign Ministry said on Thursday said his government was seeking more details about “the unwelcome and concerning development.” The Biden administration seemed far less perturbed by China’s strange missile test than Australia and New Zealand. The Pentagon on Thursday“We did receive some advanced notification of this ICBM test and we believe that that was a good thing. It’s a step in the right direction and it does lead to preventing any misperception or miscalculation,” said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh.
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