The Aviationist
The US Navy has deployed an MRC (Mid-Range Capabilities) Typhon system to the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic for an exercise. The sea and surface strike platform, a weapon that had triggered criticism from both Russia and China, introduced around the time of the collapse of the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty in February 2019, can reach ranges of over 1,500-km.
The first time the system was deployed on the island was in September 2023, marking it the second instance it has been transported there. While the U.S. military’s publicly released material did not formally name the system, calling it a “containerized missile system,” the MK 70 PDS (Payload Delivery System) launcher could be easily identifiable, implying it was the MRC Typhon.
