US announces plans to deploy treaty-banned MRC Typhon missile systems in Japan
The United States plans to deploy missile systems banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on Japanese territory. We are talking about the MRC Typhon system. This is reported by The Japan Times. | The United States continues to deploy medium-range missile systems in the Asia-Pacific region, taking advantage of the fact that the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is no longer in effect. The Americans made their first attempt in the Philippines, where the MRC Typhon was deployed as part of joint exercises. Now it is Japan's turn. The system deployed on its territory is capable of hitting targets in the DPRK, China and Russia.
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