On Thursday, the Philippines said the US was pulling out a new missile system it deployed to the Southeast Asian country for annual military exercises.
The US sent the Typhon missile system for the Balikatan exercises, which were held in April and May. The Typhon is a controversial launcher since it would have been banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a treaty between the US and Russia that the Trump administration withdrew from in 2019.
The INF prohibited land-based missile systems with a range between 310 and 3,400 miles. The Typhon can launch nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of about 1,000 miles. It can also fire SM-6 missiles, which can hit targets up to 290 miles away.
Philippine Col. Louie Dema-ala told AFP that the US planned to withdraw the Typhon from the Philippines following the military exercises. “As per plan… it will be shipped out of the country in September or even earlier,” he said. “The US Army is currently shipping out their equipment that we used during Balikatan and Salaknib (exercises).”
China strongly condemned the deployment of the Typhon system, which US officials have acknowledged was developed to prepare for a future conflict with Beijing over Taiwan or the South China Sea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also recently mentioned the deployment. He made the comments when calling for Moscow to follow the US and develop missile systems previously banned by the INF.
“We need to start production of these strike systems and then, based on the actual situation, make decisions about where — if necessary to ensure our safety — to place them,” Putin said last week.
“Today it is known that the United States not only produces these missile systems, but has already brought them to Europe for exercises, to Denmark. Quite recently it was announced that they are in the Philippines,” the Russian leader added.
They want Philippine to be the Ukraine of Asia. Taiwanese r too smart to fall for it but I was afraid that Philippines is corrupt enough to be such a thing but then again I found even an ordinary Pinoy actually agree with me when I told him of the us design. It was over a game chat and the guy clearly doesn't like dutarte and kinda hates China. I wouldn't call him super smart so seeing him recognized this I m pretty sure Marcos has less room to maneuver to fulfill the wishes of the US.
Often it seems the stupid and the smart agree where the establishment midbrows get it wrong. However, if being wrong means you’re rich with an easy life, it’s good to be wrong.
In a world where conversations are readily recorded, Little Brother can wreck you for expressing one intelligent insight.
Joey Biden once again marching the world toward a nuclear extinction level event.
Is it possible Marcos fil actually cares for the welfare of his country?
Just remember Kids! A quick pull out, does not necessarily mean, you won’t get knocked up! ;-}