China submarine fires long-range missile ahead of Nato summit

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China conducted its first known long-range missile launch from a nuclear submarine ahead of the NATO summit. NATO chief Mark Rutte warned the alliance to remain cautious regarding China's military build-up and noted growing linkages between Indo-Pacific and European security theaters.

Nato chief Mark Rutte said the alliance “cannot be naive” about China’s military build-up, after the nation conducted its first known launch of a strategic missile from a nuclear submarine. “What happens in the Indo-Pacific is relevant to what is happening in the transatlantic,” Rutte told a news conference on Monday, ahead of the military alliance’s annual summit in Ankara, Turkey. The Indo-Pacific and European theatres were becoming “more intertwined”, as was also shown by China’s support for...