The media learned about the US plans to deploy a complex of medium-range missiles in Japan

The US Armed Forces plan to deploy their Typhon medium-range missile system in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, to conduct joint exercises with Japan, the Japan Times reported on June 21.

According to the publication, this missile system is capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles at a distance of up to 1.6 thousand km.

According to Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the system is to be used during the joint Eastern Shield exercises in September. From about the middle of October, they plan to transfer her to an American military base in Japan.

It is also reported that the United States will use its HIMARS artillery missile system in the exercises.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on May 28 that Moscow regards Japan's provision of its territory for the deployment of Typhon missile systems during military exercises as a step that threatens Russia's Far Eastern borders.