China Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile in Pacific Amid Russia Joint Drills

China's People's Liberation Army Navy test-launched a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a submarine into the Pacific Ocean on July 6, conducted alongside new joint naval exercises with Russia near Qingdao, alarming Japan and Pacific neighbours. The deepening Sino-Russian military alliance and open display of nuclear power projection mirrors the prophetic rise of an eastern power bloc that Scripture warns will field kings and armies capable of mobilising forces on an unprecedented scale in the last days. Revelation 16:12 speaks of the kings of the East being prepared for the great day of God Almighty, while Matthew 24:6 warns that wars and rumours of wars are a defining sign of the end of the age.