The US military will deploy new medium-range missile systems to the Pacific region next year for the purpose of “deterring” China from invading Taiwan, the commander of US Army Pacific Forces said on Saturday.
According to Defense One, Gen. Charles Flynn said the deployment will include a land-based version of the Tomahawk missile, which was previously banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a treaty with Russia the US withdrew from in 2019.
“We have tested them and we have a battery or two of them today,” Flynn said. “In 2024. We intend to deploy that system in your region. I’m not going to say where and when. But I will just say that we will deploy them.”
The INF Treaty previously banned the development of land-based missiles with a range between 310 to 3,400 miles. The US’s new land-based batteries that use Tomahawk missiles can hit targets of up to 1,000 miles. The US Marines Corps activated its first Tomahawk battery over the summer at a base in California.
The US withdrew from the INF over allegations that a new missile Russia was developing violated the treaty, which Moscow denied. Russia also accused the US of potentially running afoul of the treaty by installing Aegis Ashore missile defense systems in Romania and Poland. The systems use Mk-41 vertical launchers, which can fit Tomahawk missiles.
The new battery activated by the Marines uses an Mk-41 launch system cell, demonstrating that the Russian concerns about the Aegis Systems are not unfounded. The US formally exited the INF treaty on August 2, 2019, and began testing INF-range missiles with ground-based Mk-41 launchers just a few weeks later.
While Flynn would not say where the Tomahawk missiles would be deployed, there are indications they could end up in Japan. The US is also expanding its military presence in the Philippines as part of its buildup against China, which US military officials say is meant to deter war. But the US buildup, which Beijing views as a containment strategy, has only escalated tensions with China and appears to be making war more likely.
WTF?!!!
You need LARGER caps, Donna
Details of America’s plan for a first strike nuclear war:
Must watch.
I cannot get members of my family to see what was shown in the short video. The only thing they are programmed to remember is Russia is bad, Putin is a monster, we are the good guys looking after the world. I get the same with the Palestinian issues. Palestinians are terrorists, Israel is the lone fighter against the darkness presented by the Palestinians.
A lot of so called pundits are blind and cross eyed relying on the MSM for their information.
Common sense would tell them to cut the losses, but they keep digging the hole deeper. The war profiteers could not ask for more.
Yes, just like your boy Putin you support. He is cutting his loses and leaving Ukraine, right?
Putin can not leave Ukraine without forfeiting his own power and maybe his life. He stuck in the Ukraine mud. Of course the 100,000 plus dead Russians mean nothing to him.
You’re stuck in a fantasy world created by amateurish Western propaganda.
Why, you might ask, does the affluent West rely on amateurish propaganda? Because its cheap and quick to produce and the target audience tends to believe even the most ridiculous nonsense, so nothing more is required.
Hey now. You changed personalities from Julio. Now, all we need to complete the trifecta is Jake.
Thinking of the 15 Thousand dead Palestinians gives Netanyahu an erection.
Putin does not have to do anything. The war is over. But the American public hasn’t been told yet. Putin and Russia took some licks but still won.America lost big time financing another stupid unnecesary war.
Where are the other parts of you? Tim and Jake. You three must be the same person. Same trope vomited up by you.
If the US does not cease and desist there is a great chance of a big bang.
US politicians scream, “we will militarily defend Taiwan!” Then Xi gets sucker punched in the mouth just days after US kissing his A$$ in San Francisco. That’s not the problem. I think the real problem is he finally gets that there’s no negotiating with the US. Instead of Chinese electronics for gifts, we’re getting WAR! Thanks you EVIL US politicians. BUT: Don’t worry, none of us Americans are aware or smart enough to know what you’re doing.
Nothing new. Security agreements with partners. These deals have been in the works for years. China has them too and will continue to fulfill them regardless of the meeting with the US.
Aha! There you are Julio. The personages of Tim, Julio and Jake have come together like mercury, to be as one, same trope by all, for one. Amazing.
I wonder if they share phone numbers.
Yet, in your haste to blame every event on the planet on the US government you fail to mention the reason. It’s a response to CHINA creating the largest collection of medium range nuclear capable ballistic missiles and pointing them at all of the countries we are obligated to protect under existing treaties. As they aggressively redraw global maps granting themselves land and sea that other countries have in thier terroritory. F you and your singular anti American views. Try reporting WHY this happened.
I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.
How many medium range nuclear missiles do you think China has and how does that number compare with those of other arsenals? Provide credible citations.
What countries do you believe those missiles are pointed at? How would you know? Which of those does the US have treaty obligations to protect?
We’ll all eagerly await your clarifications.
Oh I think I DO know what I’m talking about. You have google, so google it and dont’ waste my time.
Of course you think you know what you’re talking about. The question is whether or not you’re right to think so. So far, we have no evidence suggesting that you are right.
Just so you know, telling people who have questioned the accuracy of a claim to “google it” is a fairly strong indication that you really do not know what you’re talking about.
And don’t waste our time with bullshit claims you can’t back up.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/19/major-expansion-china-now-has-more-than-500-nukes-pentagon-says-00122440
Not responsive and not relevant. That story is about the Pentagon’s estimate of China’s warhead inventory and production rate. It says nothing at all about missiles of any kind or their targets.
Fail.
It is crystal clear who is escalating the growing amount of conflicts in thge world. Driven by economic imperatives to keep the arms trade alive . The US government will pay any price or make any sacrifice required.
I think you are full of more stuff than a Christmas goose. Wow!
One propagandist to another, she said.
Did you call me a propagandist. I don’t have a tv station, radio station, access to elitists. I give my opinions. That is it. If that is propaganda to you, it is your problem. And who in the h*ll is “she”?
You seem wound a little tight buddy easy now, it’s just a figure of speech. I don’t ordinarily support arms build ups or more killing machines pal, but you have to look at the other side of the field sometime. Aggression must be met with aggression, unfortunately it’s just how these things go. We got what we elected, a war hawk that never met an arms deal he doesn’t like.