A Chinese government spokesperson said the United States was trying to gain a military advantage over China.
China expressed 'grave concern' on Thursday at the deployment of a U.S. missile system to the edge of the South China Sea, potentially putting Chinese territory within striking range.The U.S. Army this month hailed the 'historic first' arrival of a medium or mid-range capability launcher in the northern Philippines as part of an ongoing military exercise.The 'Typhon' transporter erector launcher can fire the Standard Missile 6 or Tomahawk Land Attack Missile.
-Philippine alliance.'The U.S. Army Pacific and the U.S. Department of Defense did not immediately respond to separate written requests for comment.The Typhon launcher is also known as the strategic mid-range fires, or SMRF, system, and is part of the Army's project to modernize what it calls long-range precision fires, military ground forces specialist Andrew Feickert wrote in an April 16 report prepared for the Congressional Research Service.
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