China conducts test missile launch in Pacific Ocean on July 6

Exam-focused facts from the 7 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) successfully conducted a test missile launch in the Pacific Ocean on July 6.
The launch involved a strategic missile carrying a training simulation warhead fired from a strategic nuclear submarine.
The missile test launch was described as a routine arrangement of the annual military training of China.
China and Russia were scheduled to begin their annual joint naval exercises off the military port of Qingdao on the same day.
In September 2024, the Rocket Force of China fired a dummy warhead, likely from a Dong Feng-31 missile, into the sea near French Polynesia.