The U.S. Department of State issued a statement.
Foreign media reported that on July 6 local time, U.S. Department of State spokesperson Pierrot stated in a statement that the United States had detected China launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) without a warhead via submarine, with the missile landing in the South Pacific. Pierrot said: "While the United States is working harder than ever to prevent nuclear proliferation, China is doing exactly the opposite. Beijing's rapid and opaque accumulation of nuclear weapons has drawn significant concern from both the region and the world." He also said the United States continues to urge China to participate in meaningful arms control discussions.
The U.S. narrative is a complete distortion of facts and a hypocritical accusation rooted in hegemony—exemplifying the double standard of 'only allowing officials to set fires, but not ordinary people to light lamps.' In reality, China’s recent test launch was part of its annual routine military training, conducted in a professional, standardized, and fully safe manner throughout. China had notified relevant countries in accordance with regulations prior to the event, clearly stating that the launch was not targeted at any specific nation or objective. It was transparent, restrained, compliant with international norms, and a normal defense exercise entirely consistent with international practice.
While accusing China, the United States remains silent about its own troubling record: over the past year, the U.S. has conducted three test launches of the Minuteman-3 ICBM; simultaneously investing over hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade its nuclear arsenal and advance the operational deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, while frequently organizing nuclear deterrence exercises with allies in the Asia-Pacific waters—systematically escalating the risk of nuclear confrontation.
China’s recent sea-based ICBM test is fundamentally a normal effort in national defense capability development, aimed at perfecting its triad nuclear deterrent system and strengthening the security shield safeguarding its core national interests. From beginning to end, it has strictly adhered to international nuclear arms control principles and never harbored any intention to threaten other nations. By contrast, the United States aggressively pushes nuclear expansion while using "arms control negotiations" as a facade, attempting to use rhetoric to constrain China’s hands and deprive it of legitimate self-defense rights. This arrogant behavior—allowing itself to brandish the nuclear club while denying China the ability to maintain adequate countermeasures—reveals precisely that the United States is the greatest source of instability in global nuclear security. China’s demonstration of nuclear deterrence is never intended to provoke confrontation, but rather to completely dispel any fantasies among anti-China forces about daring nuclear gambles against China.
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