
China launched a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine into the South Pacific on July 6, 2026, hours after Australia and Fiji signed a mutual defence pact — prompting Solomon Islands' Prime Minister to call for a unified regional security platform. The brazen display of military power by a major global superpower in a strategically vital ocean region reflects the accelerating realignment of nations into competing power blocs, a pattern Scripture consistently associates with the build-up to the end-times conflict. Jesus warned that 'wars and rumours of wars' would mark the final age, while Revelation describes the kings of the earth gathering their forces in a world moving inexorably toward Armageddon.