China Tests Nuclear SLBM into Pacific as US Strikes Iran's Beijing Land Bridge

🚀 BEIJING — China tests nuclear SLBM as US bombs its Iran land bridge. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The July 6 test — days before US strikes severed China's overland corridor to Tehran — wasn't timed for the conflict. But an SLBM launch during active US combat operations reminds Washington escalation has a nuclear ceiling. After bombing the Beijing-Tehran land bridge, China holds two cards simultaneously: Doha mediation leverage and a visible second-strike capability on display.