A Philippine general said on Friday that the United States Typhon missile system deployed in the country since April last year is capable of striking China.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Why It Matters

The Typhon Mid-Range Capability system is a land-based missile system operated by the U.S. Army . It can launch two types of missiles —the Tomahawk and the Standard Missile-6—against aerial, surface and land targets, with respective ranges of about 1,000 and 290 miles.

The U.S. Army initially deployed the Typhon missile system in the Philippines for drills, but the U.S. and the Philippines, allies under a mutual defense treaty , later decided to keep it there indefinitely. Eastern and southern China and parts of the South

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