China's military says it conducted a rare atmospheric test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The weapon, carrying a dummy warhead, flew over the south of Taiwan and the U.S. territory of Guam before landing in international waters in the Pacific Ocean.
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00:00China has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time since the 1980s.
00:30Reports indicate the missile traveled north of the Philippines and south of Taiwan, passing
00:38over the U.S. territory of Guam before landing in the Pacific Ocean.
00:43China's military says the missile was carrying a dummy warhead.
00:47This is the first atmospheric test of such a long-range missile by China in decades and
00:52comes amid U.S. warnings over Beijing's growing nuclear arsenal.