U.S., 41 Countries Rebuke China Over 2-Hour Notice for July 6 Missile Test
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Updated · geneva.usmission.gov · Aug 11
U.S., 41 Countries Rebuke China Over 2-Hour Notice for July 6 Missile Test
3 articles · Updated · geneva.usmission.gov · Aug 11
Summary
Forty-one countries backed a U.S. statement at the Conference on Disarmament criticizing China’s notification of a July 6 submarine-launched, nuclear-capable ballistic missile test into the Pacific.
China gave no pre-launch notice to all affected states, and countries it did notify got at most two hours’ warning with too little detail on the missile class, launch window, area and direction, the U.S. said.
Washington said the sparse and conflicting notices were provocative because they suggested a possible missile launch over U.S. allies instead of using standard aviation and maritime hazard alerts.
The U.S. said China’s notifications have worsened since a September 2024 test and urged Beijing to join regularized launch-notification arrangements such as the Hague Code of Conduct system used by 145 states.