Why US Typhon deployment in Japan poses a threat to Chinese cities

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The U.S. plans to deploy Typhon missile systems in southern Japan, particularly at Kanoya Airbase, which could threaten China's coastal cities and disrupt key naval routes in the Pacific. A military analyst based in Beijing raised alarms about this strategic positioning amid ongoing US-Japan joint military exercises.

US deployment of the Typhon missile system to southern Japan could directly threaten China’s coastal cities and block crucial naval routes to the Pacific, a Chinese analyst has warned. The Typhon mid-range missile launcher was expected to be positioned in southwestern Japan next month for joint US-Japan military exercises, Kyodo News reported last week. Fu Qianshao, a Beijing-based military analyst, said the reported deployment site – Kanoya Airbase in Kagoshima prefecture – was alarming because...