Chinese Ambassador to Russia condemns deployment of US Typhon missile launchers in the Philippines

The deployment of US medium-range Typhon missile systems in the Philippines threatens the security of the entire Asia-Pacific region, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Izvestia.

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"This complex is the result of the US policy of building up arms and preparing for conflicts and withdrawing from international arms control agreements. Intermediate-range missile systems are strategic and offensive weapons whose deployment clearly signals the resumption of the Cold War. The deployment of such US systems in the Asia-Pacific region will significantly increase the threat to regional security and create serious risks of conflict in the region," the diplomat said.

The US deployed the Typhon system in the Philippines in April 2024. This is the first deployment of US intermediate-range missiles outside the country and in the Asia-Pacific region since the end of the Cold War, and the first deployment of such weapons since the United States withdrew from the MRMD in 2019.

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