Pacific shift: US to build a ‘missile wall’ against China
US general confirms provocative plan to deploy long- and intermediate-range missiles to the Pacific in 2024
By GABRIEL HONRADA
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
The US is closer to deploying long-range land-based missiles to deter a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a provocative move that could spark a destabilizing conventional missile arms race in the Pacific.
General Charles Flynn, Commander of US Army Forces Pacific, stated at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, that the US will deploy new intermediate-range missiles including Tomahawks and SM-6s to the Pacific region in 2024, Defense One reported.
The deployment was made possible by the US’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019 due to Russia’s alleged non-compliance. The Defense One report says the US Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), which can hit targets over 500 kilometers away, may also be deployed to the region.
https://asiatimes.com/2023/11/pacific-shift-us-to-build-a-missile-wall-against-china/
