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| Ryabkov: Russia fears that US plans to deploy missiles in the Asia-Pacific region are irreversible |
| 2024-04-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited DoD to Rossiya: they are. [Regnum] Russia fears that Washington's decision to deploy medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region is irreversible. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov. “ I think that the US’s determination to acquire such potential and use it within the framework of the concept of dual deterrence is irreversible,” RIA Novosti quotes Ryabkov as saying. As Regnum reported, Washington intends to deploy medium-range missile systems in the Asia-Pacific region by 2024. A representative of the US Army Pacific Command told RIA Novosti that “everything is going according to plan” to achieve its goals of marking the missiles by the end of the year. Such a step, according to experts, will be aimed at containing China. The US is believed to be considering deploying the Typhon ground-launched medium-range missile system, which is being developed by the US Army and could be equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of more than 1,600 km and the new SM6 interceptor missile. They were successfully tested in 2023. The installation of missiles in the region will be the first since the US and Russia signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) in 1987. The INF Treaty previously prohibited the two countries from possessing ground-launched medium-range ballistic and cruise missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 km. American authorities intend to strengthen containment of China. To this end, they plan to deploy intermediate-range missiles to the Indo-Pacific region in 2024, US Army Pacific Command spokesman Rob Phillips said in December 2023. Experts suggested that the missiles would be deployed primarily at American bases on the island of Guam. The media wrote that Japan and the Philippines, with which the United States is developing security cooperation, are reluctant to accept new American military capabilities on their territory for fear of becoming a target for China in the event of an armed conflict in the region. |
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