China urges U.S. & Japan to withdraw Typhon missile system

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U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni demonstrates the Typhon, a ground-launched missile system, as part of Exercise Resolute Dragon, an annual military exercise held by the U.S. Marines and Japan’s Self-Defence Forces, during a media opportunity at the air station in Iwakuni, western Japan, September 15, 2025.
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China urged Tokyo and Washington on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) to withdraw the U.S.-developed Typhon missile system, after it was unveiled in Japan for the first time during joint military exercises.

Japan and the United States began the “Resolute Dragon” military drills on Thursday, and they will last until September 25, Tokyo’s Defence Ministry said on X.

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces confirmed that the missile system had been showcased for the first time in the country over the course of the exercises, though it said the weapon would not be fired.

Beijing’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called on the United States and Japan to “promptly withdraw” the missile system.

“The United States and Japan, disregarding China’s solemn concerns, have insisted on deploying the Typhon mid-range missile system in Japan under the pretext of joint exercises,” spokesman Lin Jian told reporters at a regular briefing.

“China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this,” he added.

The United States’ Typhon missile system is part of the army’s long-range precision strike “modernisation portfolio”, according to an April report on the U.S. Naval Institute’s website.

The system “leverages existing Raytheon-produced SM-6 missiles and Raytheon-produced Tomahawk cruise missiles and modifies them for ground launch”, it added.

It is “a truck-based, trailer-loaded system that is able to be employed throughout rugged and austere positions”, U.S. Colonel Wade Germann told reporters Monday at an air station in the Japanese city of Iwakuni.

“The deterrent against armed attacks can be enhanced as the security environment surrounding Japan becomes increasingly severe,” a spokesperson for Japan’s Self-Defense Forces told AFP.

Typhon was deployed in the northern Philippines in 2024 for annual joint exercises.

In December, Manila angered Beijing when it said it planned to acquire the system in a push to secure its maritime interests.

“The United States’ deployment of the Typhon system in Asian countries… heightens the risk of a regional arms race and military confrontation, and poses a substantive threat to regional strategic security,” Lin said Tuesday.

Published – September 16, 2025 10:39 pm IST

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns Philippines over U.S. missile deployment

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Wang Yi attends the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China on July 26, 2024.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned the Philippines over the U.S. intermediate-range missile deployment, saying such a move could fuel regional tensions and spark an arms race.

“The United States deployed its ‘Typhon Missile System’ to the Philippines as part of the joint military drills earlier this year. It was not fired during the exercises,” a Philippine military official later said, without giving details on how long it would stay in the country.

“China-Philippines relations are now at a crossroads and dialogue and consultation are the right way,” Mr. Wang told Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo during a meeting in Vientiane on July 26, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

Mr. Wang said there are challenges to maintain healthy relations between the two countries as Philippines has “repeatedly violated the consensus of both sides and its own commitments”.

“If the Philippines introduces the U.S. intermediate-range missile system, it will create tension and confrontation in the region and trigger an arms race, which is completely not in line with the interests and wishes of the Filipino people,” Mr. Wang said.

China and Philippines are locked in a confrontation in the disputed South China Sea and their encounters have grown more tense as Beijing presses its claims to shoals in waters that Manila says are well within its exclusive economic zone.

Mr. Wang said China has recently reached a temporary arrangement with the Philippines on the transportation and replenishment of humanitarian supplies to Ren’ai Jiao — also known as the Second Thomas Shoal — in order to maintain the stability of the maritime situation.

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