China Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile 3,000km from Australia in Pacific Show of Force

China test-fired a JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile on July 6, flying it 6,300 kilometres over Pacific nations including U.S. territories Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands before landing near Nauru — just 3,000 kilometres from Australia. This unprecedented long-range test, timed to coincide with a new Australia-Fiji defence pact, signals an accelerating militarisation of the Indo-Pacific as global powers jostle for dominance in a region of growing strategic significance. Scripture warns that the final age will be marked by 'wars and rumours of wars' among nations, with the alignment of great powers presaging the ultimate conflict prophesied to converge on the Middle East.