Sankei: Washington weighing deploying medium-range missiles to US forces in Japan


The deployment to US forces in Japan may include long-range hypersonic weapons and Tomahawks. - AP

TOKYO (Reuters): Washington has suggested deploying medium-range missiles in Japan as part of a plan to bolster defences against China along the East and South China Seas, the Sankei newspaper reported on Saturday citing unidentified people involved with US-Japan relations.

The deployment to US forces in Japan may include long-range hypersonic weapons and Tomahawks, the newspaper reported, adding without citing sources that Tokyo is poised to start serious discussion toward accepting the deployment.

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