US Prepares to Put Contentious Missile System on China's Doorstep

[william]

In an emailed statement to Newsweek on Friday, the U.S. Army Pacific confirmed that the Typhon system, also known as the mid-range capability (MRC), would participate in exercise Resolute Dragon 25, scheduled from September 11-25 across the Japanese islands.

The Typhon missile system is part of the U.S. Army's modernization efforts to counter Chinese long-range artillery. It can fire two types of missiles—the 1,000-mile range Tomahawk cruise missile and the 290-mile range Standard Missile-6—for anti-air, anti-surface, and land-attack strikes. According to the report, the missile system will leave Japan once the exercise concludes

The Hawaii-based Third Multi-Domain Task Force is capable of delivering precision strikes against China's anti-access and area denial networks—efforts designed to prevent or restrict U.S. forces from entering and operating within an area in the event of military intervention.

MSN

 

[Yingyang]

Yep America doesn't push limits unknowingly at all. Than again why question this move . The real question is why didn't America stop the islands militarisation by China in the first place? Surely if they can station soldiers in Taiwan- Chinese territory than why didn't they place soldiers on islands before buildings and runways were finished? Surely better to act back then. Infact why didn't independent countries who claim those areas try to stop it ? Atleast some of those countries agreed to the law of sea and have their sovereign rights claims to support their actions, than a request for support from America if necessary. And once again another international agreement not signed by America- law of sea?
Anyway still perplexed how this got so far without any true challenge or deterrence.

 

[william]

Yep America doesn't push limits unknowingly at all. Than again why question this move . The real question is why didn't America stop the islands militarisation by China in the first place? Surely if they can station soldiers in Taiwan- Chinese territory than why didn't they place soldiers on islands before buildings and runways were finished? Surely better to act back then. Infact why didn't independent countries who claim those areas try to stop it ? Atleast some of those countries agreed to the law of sea and have their sovereign rights claims to support their actions, than a request for support from America if necessary. And once again another international agreement not signed by America- law of sea?
Anyway still perplexed how this got so far without any true challenge or deterrence.

Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden even Trump who was distracted by Rusia, Rusia, Rusia and all that. IMO
To be fair though, the US was in general distracted by 9/11.

 

[william]

U.S. Air Force Unleashes ‘Largest Scale Exercise Since the Cold War’ in the Pacific​

Known as the Department-Level Exercise (DLE), the training event involved roughly 12,000 troops and 500 aircraft from all over the world.

In an August 21 press release, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin described the exercises as the largest in the Pacific since the Cold War.

“As intended, we stressed the system by having the largest scale exercise in the Pacific since the Cold War,” adding that the exercises “validated our ability to sustain operations, deploy and redeploy at scale.”

The exercise tested all capabilities of the U.S. air and space forces between early July and mid-August, across five separate drills and training events across the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

Mobility Guardian 2025

Resolute Force Pacific

Emerald Warrior 25.2

Bamboo Eagle 25-3

Resolute Space

Hundreds of aircraft stationed across more than 50 locations and 3,000 miles throughout the Pacific took part in the exercises, demonstrating interoperability between key allies, multi-domain integrations, and readiness in the Indo-Pacific theatre.

Additionally, the Resolute Space exercise saw more than 700 Guardians – members of the U.S. Space Force – practice everything from electromagnetic and cyber to orbital warfare.

What unfolded over a period of four weeks proved to be the biggest exercise for the Space Force so far, and one of the broadest conducted by the U.S. Air Force in decades.

The exercise involved participants from Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.

U.S. Air Force Unleashes 'Largest Scale Exercise Since the Cold War' in the Pacific

The U.S. just finished its largest Pacific war game since the Cold War, a massive drill with 12,000 troops and 500 aircraft.

nationalsecurityjournal.org

How's that for deterrence

 

[Yingyang]

Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden even Trump who was distracted by Rusia, Rusia, Rusia and all that. IMO
To be fair though, the US was in general distracted by 9/11.

If 911 was 2001 and China started Islands in 2014 i don't see your point. Currently America is capable of multiple conflicts support. 11 yrs of why? 1.Russia vs Ukraine
2. Israel vs half the middle-east.
3. Most recently while the others have and still do exist Venezuela.
Now America has hardly used its naval capacity for Ukraine.
So that leaves middle-east. 1 theatre.
2nd theatre of issue China of which naval capacity has been around the whole time?
3. Recently naval forces to Venezuela.
So your explanation
Don't see it. Continuous freedom of rights through trade route reconnaissance and patrols etc through contested areas from the start.
If the Philippines navy is capable of sierra madre manned with soldiers on a ship wreck of all things. Surely the seventh fleet could have manned the first and second islands at the start as deterrence from more islands.

 

[william]

If 911 was 2001 and China started Islands in 2014 i don't see your point. Currently America is capable of multiple conflicts support. 11 yrs of why? 1.Russia vs Ukraine
2. Israel vs half the middle-east.
3. Most recently while the others have and still do exist Venezuela.
Now America has hardly used its naval capacity for Ukraine.
So that leaves middle-east. 1 theatre.
2nd theatre of issue China of which naval capacity has been around the whole time?
3. Recently naval forces to Venezuela.
So your explanation
Don't see it. Continuous freedom of rights through trade route reconnaissance and patrols etc through contested areas from the start.
If the Philippines navy is capable of sierra madre manned with soldiers on a ship wreck of all things. Surely the seventh fleet could have manned the first and second islands at the start as deterrence from more islands.

Why do you think?

 

[Gargolu]

Why do you think?

WW3? is around the corner.

 

[Yingyang]

Why do you think?

Good question. I think the same as the 7th fleet. No confidence in a conflict with China so close to China. The admiral of the 7th fleet voiced his concerns yrs ago on the subject. China has excelled in reach, capabilities, capacity etc since .

 

[william]

Good question. I think the same as the 7th fleet. No confidence in a conflict with China so close to China. The admiral of the 7th fleet voiced his concerns yrs ago on the subject. China has excelled in reach, capabilities, capacity etc since .

Any commander who says that should be fired.

When China Pushes, Push Back, Admiral Says

Seventh Fleet commander says the U.S. needs to continue freedom of navigation patrols in the Pacific.

www.defenseone.com

INTERVIEW | US 7th Fleet Commander Karl O. Thomas: On Alert in the Indo-Pacific | JAPAN Forward

“The key is deterrence. I think you're standing on board a large piece of that deterrence, but also the training with other like-minded nations.”

japan-forward.com

China's 'aggressive behaviour' in South China Sea must be challenged, US navy official says

China's "aggressive behaviour" in the South China Sea must be challenged and checked, the commander of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet says.

www.abc.net.au

The reason I mentioned the above presidents is I believe the democratic party is mostly responsible for not maintaining the US military. Allowing shipyards to be closed and budgets slashed every year. The democratic party of Rosevelt and Kennady is long dead. IMO Now, I don't know if you follow history or not, but the US military ethos is still strong as the warriors of WWII. The US military will fight like hell with whatever it has at the time.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/samar.html

 

[Publius]

Yep America doesn't push limits unknowingly at all. Than again why question this move . The real question is why didn't America stop the islands militarisation by China in the first place? Surely if they can station soldiers in Taiwan- Chinese territory than why didn't they place soldiers on islands before buildings and runways were finished? Surely better to act back then. Infact why didn't independent countries who claim those areas try to stop it ? Atleast some of those countries agreed to the law of sea and have their sovereign rights claims to support their actions, than a request for support from America if necessary. And once again another international agreement not signed by America- law of sea?
Anyway still perplexed how this got so far without any true challenge or deterrence.

Actually the US has signed it, its has not been ratified by congress.
And which is more impactful? ratifying it or ignoring international court ruling on violations of the law of sea.
Or just ignoring it all together and implementing your own law of the sea arbitrarily.
Yes the US and others coulda shoulda been more forceful in preventing china from making arbitrary claims in other nations territorial waters.
Maybe it was complacency, maybe it was trying to diplomatically change Chinas actions. Probably little of both with some bribery as well.
It is not pushing any limits to cooperatively work with allied nations regarding military alliances.

Chinas threatened by US deployments of missile batteries in Japan?
I wonder if Japan ROK Philippines and or Vietnam feel threatened or intimidated by Chinas actions or rhetoric.

So now the US and others are standing in opposition to china, its a new day

 

[Yingyang]

Any commander who says that should be fired.

When China Pushes, Push Back, Admiral Says

Seventh Fleet commander says the U.S. needs to continue freedom of navigation patrols in the Pacific.

www.defenseone.com

INTERVIEW | US 7th Fleet Commander Karl O. Thomas: On Alert in the Indo-Pacific | JAPAN Forward

“The key is deterrence. I think you're standing on board a large piece of that deterrence, but also the training with other like-minded nations.”

japan-forward.com

China's 'aggressive behaviour' in South China Sea must be challenged, US navy official says

China's "aggressive behaviour" in the South China Sea must be challenged and checked, the commander of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet says.

www.abc.net.au

The reason I mentioned the above presidents is I believe the democratic party is mostly responsible for not maintaining the US military. Allowing shipyards to be closed and budgets slashed every year. The democratic party of Rosevelt and Kennady is long dead. IMO Now, I don't know if you follow history or not, but the US military ethos is still strong as the warriors of WWII. The US military will fight like hell with whatever it has at the time.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/samar.html

No doubt.