The Chinese Defense Ministry on Thursday strongly condemned the US deployment of an intermediate-range missile system to the Philippines during military drills that were conducted in April and the first half of May.
During Washington and Manila’s annual Balikatan exercises, the US deployed a Typhon launcher, a covert system that is concealed in a 40-foot shipping container and fires Tomahawk and SM-6 missiles.
The Typhon system would have been banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a treaty between the US and Russia that the US scrapped in 2019. It prohibited land-based missile systems with a range between 310 and 3,400 miles.
Tomahawk missiles can hit targets up to about 1,150 miles away, making any land-based variant banned under the INF. The SM-6 missiles have a range of 290 miles, and US officials believe they could be effective against Chinese ships.
US officials previously told The New York Times that the purpose of developing and deploying the Typhon launcher is to prepare for a war with China, whether over Taiwan or the South China Sea.
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said the deployment of the Typhon system increased the risk of conflict. “The United States and Philippine practices put the entire region under the fire of the United States (and) brought huge risks of war into the region,” Wu said, according to Reuters. “Intermediate-range missiles are strategic and offensive weapons with a strong Cold War color.”
Isn't it great the Feds can just print money? They can fund endless war in Ukraine, pay for Israel's war, and also spend great gouts of money in a war on China. We are so very lucky to have a prudent, intelligent Congress in charge of our finances. I'm just grateful that, at least for now, they can't raid my personal checking account.
If Modern Monetary Theory means that the US government can print money at will then there is no need to pay taxes!
MMT does not exactly mean the Feds can print money at will. MMT theorists acknowlege that money printing can lead to price increases. Their solution is to raise tax levels in order to dampen demand.
In contrast, rubles are rising in value and Russia has a positive balance of trade.
The Ruble is equal to 1.1 cents at the moment. It has been staedy for some time now. Putin's regime is running a deficit and he is having a hard time with war production because so much of his skilled labor became cargo 200.
Oh. I thought Russia is out producing Nato, which is running on empty, especialy since the US so cunningly destroyed European economies..
People think a lot of stuff that isn’t true. Euro economies are far from destroyed.
If that’s what you thought, that thing you were doing that you thought was thinking wasn’t.
What data are you looking at? The ruble has fallen from an exchange rate of 30 to 1 to 110 to 1 against the US dollar since 2010.
I waqs thinking of 2024.
The ruble to dollar ratio has been flat so far in 2024. No significant change.
FJB
China and Russia appear to be bone deep frightened by the US.
When asked why he acted crazy at the weigh in for the first Lison fight, Mohamed Ali replied: "Everybody is afraid of a crazy man."
Boo…!
Putin has long had a dream of destroying the US and NATO.
The U.S has long had a dream of destroying Russia& & China too. As far as NATO goes with only two NATO nuke bomb states in Europe the rest of those States are hostages that can't escape, sitting ducks waiting to be destroyed. Has anyone here noticed that Russia apparently destroyed the U.S satellite that guidrd the ATTACKEMS to their targets ??? What does that say about the new long range ones supposedly just sent to Ukraine…???? Will this new batch be lost so to speak until another satellite is launched and in orbit to guide them???
The US and Russia got along well until a short time after the Bolsheviks came along. The US did want the USSR threat neutralized but could have lived with a non-expansionist country that wanted to live and let live. Instead, they were like Putin is now.
Russia has managed to jam GPS signals, but did not destroy any of the GPS constellation.
Putin can not destroy Europe without destroying Russia. Russia will have its army destroyed on the mountain of Israel, and then Putin will let fly with the nukes. He will signing his suicide note.
This is exactly how you end up with unprovoked and unjustified wars.
Are the Tomahawk missiles the same type that Mr-T fired into Syria a few years back and more than half of them got shut down by the Syrian army…?!
Didn't happen outside of Syria's propaganda.
Shot down by the Syrian army. LOL.
The plan is for the U.S. to get NATO to do some heavy lifting, bleed Russia, then target all elements at China.