The Japan Times
The U.S. military is for the first time bringing some of its most advanced missile systems for keeping Chinese forces at bay to joint training with the Self-Defense Forces, part of a gradual shift in policy that will also see Tokyo deploy its own longer-range weapons.
The Typhon midrange missile system and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) are being “temporarily” deployed and will feature in the Resolute Dragon drills held jointly by the U.S. Marines and the Ground Self-Defense Force in Okinawa Prefecture and other parts of the country from Sept. 11 to Sept. 25 as part of rehearsals for retaking occupied remote islands.
