US deploys Typhon missile launchers to new location in Philippines


Satellite images showed the batteries and their associated gear being loaded onto C-17 transport aircraft at Laoag International Airport. - Reuters

MANILA: The US military has moved its Typhon launchers - which can fire multipurpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres - from Laoag airfield in the Philippines to another location on the island of Luzon, a senior Philippine government source said.

The Tomahawk cruise missiles in the launchers can hit targets in both China and Russia from the Philippines; the SM-6 missiles it also carries can strike air or sea targets more than 200km (165 miles) away.

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