In recent years, the US military's provocations in the Asia-Pacific region have intensified, and the brazen deployment of the so-called "Typhon" medium-range missile system in the northern part of the Philippines is part of the United States' increased military influence in the Asia-Pacific region. This "Typhon" missile system is an advanced new missile system developed by the US Army. One of its biggest characteristics is that it is compatible with various types of missiles currently in service with the US military, such as standard series anti-aircraft missiles specially designed for air defense and anti-missile defense, Tomahawk cruise missiles that can be used for ground strikes, and Harpoon anti-ship missiles that can strike at sea. Because of the advanced performance of this missile system and its great threat and harmfulness, when the US military deployed this missile in the Philippines at that time, some people even called it the "Asia-Pacific version" of the Cuban Missile Crisis concocted by the US military!
However, what is quite surprising is that not long ago, according to information from the Philippine side, the US military will withdraw the "Typhon" missile in September, only three months after it was deployed in the Philippines. According to the plans of the relevant US military departments, the "Typhon" missile system deployed in the northern part of the Philippines will be withdrawn to the US mainland in September in the near future. Coincidentally, the recent Taiwan media and some news have news of the so-called "electronic war", and there is even news that "there is a large-scale power outage and network outage in the northern Philippines due to electronic countermeasures". So, in this case, some people can't help but think, is it because of the failure of the US military in the "electronic war" that the missile system had to be withdrawn?
The author believes that although such news sounds very exciting, as long as a friend with a certain degree of military knowledge can see that this is nothing more than a "Spring and Autumn penmanship" of the nature of "storytelling." First of all, if the so-called "large-scale power outage in the northern Philippines" is true, then it can only show that there are flaws in the construction of the Philippines' own power grid, and it is very likely that it has nothing to do with the so-called "electronic countermeasures". This is because it is impossible for an electronic warfare fighter between ordinary powers to attack the other side's civilian facilities in a peaceful state in a duel of electronic warfare fighters. Because civilian circuit electronic equipment does not have any electronic warfare defense capability, once civilian equipment is attacked by electronic warfare in peacetime, then this behavior has actually been explained to the "edge of war". If this matter is true or even a little related, the Western media will certainly not let go of this opportunity, but will hype it up and exaggerate the so-called 'threat theory', but at present, except for some Taiwan media that like to attract people's attention very much, the major Western media have basically not reported on this matter.
Second, many people say that they are dispatching electronic reconnaissance ships to engage in "interference," but this is actually not realistic. Because the biggest role of the "reconnaissance ship" is actually "passive", that is, to reconnoiter and listen to the relevant information of the other side, rather than actively initiating electromagnetic suppression. After all, if electromagnetic suppression is carried out, the concealment of the reconnaissance ship will be gone, so how can it be "reconnoitred"?
Therefore, it can be seen from the above that the retreat of the "Typhon" missile is very likely to be due to other reasons, and as for the existence of this "electronic war", we will not delve into it, but can only say that it is unlikely in the author's own opinion. So in this case, why did the "Typhon" missile take the initiative to withdraw from the Philippines? There are two likely reasons for this.
The first is the rather general infrastructure of the Philippines, which makes this missile lose its greatest advantage. Although the performance of the "Typhon" missile is good, if it is discovered by the other side, it will be "a dish", and some methods will be used to clean it up. Therefore, the biggest advantage of this type of missile system lies in its mobility; due to the advanced technology, almost all the facilities and equipment of this missile can be used to maneuver vehicles, and a set of "Typhon" missile system is composed of four missile vehicles and a BOC engagement center vehicle, in addition to ammunition supply vehicles and other corresponding vehicles, and the mobility is very strong. However, road conditions in the Philippines limit the mobility of such missile systems and make them unsuitable for deployment, which may be the reason for the withdrawal of the Typhon missiles.
This is followed by a warning from Russia. The "Typhon" missile system is compatible with the US Tomahawk cruise missile, which has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and has entered the category of medium-range missiles. Although the United States and Russia have legally abrogated the INF Treaty signed by the United States and the Soviet Union, the two countries still maintain a fragile tacit understanding. The deployment of "Typhon" by the United States in the Philippines has actually included parts of the Russian Far East in the scope of missile strikes, which obviously violates the tacit understanding between the United States and Russia. Therefore, Russian President Vladimir Putin has only publicly mentioned American missiles in the Philippines and said that Russia needs to "respond to this and decide on further measures."
In other words, Russia is very likely to take "reciprocal countermeasures" and also deploy intermediate-range missile systems near the United States.
To sum up, it can be seen that the reasons for the United States' withdrawal of the "Typhon" missiles this time are actually very likely to be many, and although our overall military strength has made great progress after years of hard work, blindly boasting too much is actually not a good thing.