The U.S. has deployed its Typhon missile system to the Philippines in a move aimed at deterring Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. This deployment, reminiscent of Cold War tensions, has sparked concerns of a regional arms race.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China responded with alarm this week to reports that Washington and Manila have jointly decided the US Army’s Typhon missile systems will remain in the Philippines indefinitely as a deterrent against Chinese aggression.

The U.S. Army transported the Typhon missile system to the northern Philippines as part of combat exercises in April with Philippine troops.

Philippine Defence Chief Gilberto Teodoro Jnr says China should not interfere with Manila’s plan to boost its ‘credible deterrence’.

The Philippines’ military chief has backed the permanent presence of a US missile system north of the nation’s capital for months now, risking anger from China which had branded the weapon deployment as “destabilizing.

American and Filipino security officials have decided to keep the US mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines indefinitely, despite China's objections. The move aims to bolster regional deterrence.

The US Typhon missile system's indefinite deployment in the Philippines signals a bold move to counter China in the Pacific, heightening regional t

Beijing has criticized Washington’s positioning of the Typhon missile system in the Southeast Asian country, calling it “destabilizing” to regional peace.

The U.S. Army transported the Typhon missile system, a land-based weapon that can fire the Standard Missile-6 and the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, to the northern Philippines as part of combat exercises in April with Philippine troops and to test its deployability aboard an Air Force aircraft.