Retired Navy Capt. Jim Fanell, a former Pacific Fleet intelligence director, said the test missile was probably a JL-3 and highlights the need to speed up the Pentagon's own nuclear modernization program.
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"But I can tell you and rest assured that the Indo-Pacific has a significant number of U.S. forces to support our commitments toward that end," he said.
U.S. military has no carriers in Indo-Pacific waters for first time in decades
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