US Criticizes China Over Nuclear Missile Test in Pacific Ocean

The US criticized China for not giving sufficient notice before testing an intercontinental ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean last month, as the Trump administration pushes back against Beijing’s growing nuclear arsenal. “Instead of providing transparency and sufficient notice, Beijing chose to pursue a confusing and provocative approach,” Victoria Nibarger, a State Department official, said at a disarmament conference in Geneva. She was referring to China’s July 6 test of a submarine-launched, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile. China failed to warn all potentially affected countries, while those it did notify received “only two hours’ notice at best,” she said. China rejected…