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US To Deploy Typhon Missile Systems to Japan for Upcoming Exercises

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The US military is set to deploy Typhon mid-range missile systems to Japan for two upcoming exercises. The systems can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles over 1,500 kilometers, putting parts of China within range of Japanese bases.

Typhon Missile Systems

 

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The US military is set to deploy Typhon mid-range missile systems to Japan for two upcoming exercises.

 

The missile systems, which can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles over 1,500 kilometers, will be used in joint exercises next week, and again during joint training in September. They will be set up at an air base in southern Japan.

 

Tomahawk missiles could reach parts of UNIDENTIFIED PERSON from this base. The move is seen as part of efforts to counter UNIDENTIFIED PERSON military influence in the region.