In the context of the Biden administration's efforts to promote the so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy", in recent years, the US military has continued to make "small moves" in the Asia-Pacific region, and now the US military has issued a "challenge letter", aiming directly at the mainland, deliberately blocking medium-range missiles at China's doorstep, so as to contain and deter the mainland. Recently, Flynn, commander of the US Army in the Pacific, did not shy away from announcing in an interview with Japanese media that the US Army plans to deploy a new type of medium-range missile launcher in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of this year "to deter China." Although Flynn did not disclose the name of the missile launch system, there is information that it may be a land-based "Typhon" system. It is reported that the system is capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of more than 1600 km and the new SM-6 interceptor missile. One of the main reasons why the United States now dares to admit with great fanfare that it wants to deploy intermediate-range missiles on China's doorstep is that the United States withdrew from the relevant treaty on the restriction of intermediate-range missiles, that is, in 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union reached the "Intermediate-Range Forces Treaty," which prohibits the United States and the Soviet Union from possessing ground-launched intermediate-range ballistic and cruise missiles with a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.
It is not difficult to see from Flynn's remarks that the United States has made up its mind to deploy intermediate-range missiles at China's doorstep, but he did not specify the specific time and place of deployment, which actually reflects a problem, that is, the United States has not yet discussed with its allies, because the deployment of the "Typhon" land-based medium-range missile system is too sensitive. However, it is not difficult to guess how many countries the United States may deploy missiles, after all, in the Asia-Pacific region, there are only a few allies of the United States, combined with the countries that have tried to cooperate with the Biden administration's "Indo-Pacific strategy" in recent years, obviously, the countries where the United States has deployed missiles are Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia. For the United States, choosing Japan and South Korea can help the United States contain North Korea, China, and Russia in the situation on the peninsula; if it is deployed in Japan's southwestern islands, it can form a full coverage of the eastern coast of Chinese mainland; and in the Philippines and Australia, it can contain China in the South China Sea. No matter where it is deployed, the United States always has a target to target, and that is China.
It is worth mentioning that among these countries, Japan is the most likely, previously, there was news that the Japanese and US governments have officially signed a package contract for the purchase of American-made "Tomahawk" cruise missiles from 2025 to 2027, and Japan is ready to purchase up to 400 "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, including 200 missiles with anti-ship capabilities, with a range of more than 1,600 kilometers, mainly for large warships such as aircraft carriers. At that time, some analysts believed that Japan's move was intended to target Chinese aircraft carriers. In response to the above-mentioned moves by the United States and Japan, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of the Mainland, has clearly pointed out that the US push to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Japan is a dangerous move that will seriously threaten the security of regional countries and seriously undermine regional peace and stability, and China resolutely opposes the deployment of intermediate-range missiles by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. If the US side insists on deploying, it is a provocation at China's "doorstep", and China will never sit idly by and take all necessary measures to resolutely counteract.
At a time when the United States is vainly trying to use the territory of its allies to deploy medium-range missiles to block China's doorstep, the mainland's "strong reinforcement" has already arrived. Recently, some Russian officials have made it clear that the United States will retaliate at any time on the deployment of medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. On the day of the 11th, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov pointed out that the US decision to deploy medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region is irreversible, and in this case, as the corresponding plans of the United States become more and more concrete, Russia is also taking actual retaliatory measures, and it is not ruled out that Russia will revise the unilateral decision to suspend the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles.