The US wants to deploy the Typhon medium-range missile system in Japan for joint military exercises. This was reported by The Japan Times with reference to the words of US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth.
“You know, I think we would be very interested, obviously, to see a multi-disciplinary task force in action in Japan. We have clearly stated our interest in this Japanese Forces self-defense,” said Wormuth (United States Secretary of the Army).
She said she had a “wonderful” visit to Japan and a meeting with Defense Minister Minora Kihara. She added that the deployment of the Typhon system will be “according to the pace of the Japanese government.”
Reporters note that the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate- and Short-Range Missiles (IMF) in 1987, marking the second time that Washington has stationed missile launchers in Asia. It was forbidden to have any type of land-based missile with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. In 2019, then-President Donald Trump’s administration announced its withdrawal from the INF Treaty, and in April of this year, the United States deployed the Typhon during exercises in the Philippines.
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We will remind you that in 2026, the USA will begin deploying long-range systems such as the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), Tomahawk cruise missiles, and hypersonic weapons in Germany. Washington will do this “as a sign of commitment to NATO and European defense.”
In response to the US decision, the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Ryabkov, said that Moscow would “without nerves” prepare a military response. He did not say which one, though, at that moment.
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