00:01China's Navy test-fires a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific Ocean Monday, July 6.
00:07China's official news outlet Xinhua says the missile was carrying a dummy warhead and was launched towards international waters.
00:14Xinhua did not specify the type of missile.
00:17But the U.S. State Department says it detected the launch of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine
00:23and that it landed in the South Pacific.
00:24The Pentagon says the suspected type of missile is capable of reaching the U.S. mainland from China's coastal waters.
00:31The move draws criticism from the U.S., Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan.
00:36China gave short notice of the test-firing.
00:39It coincided with Australia and the Pacific island nation Fiji signing a defense agreement.
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