As part of the “Resolute Dragon 2025” (RD25) military exercise, the United States will “temporarily” deploy its “Typhon” system that uses the SM-6 and “Tomahawk” missiles during joint drills with the Japanese military. The aforementioned missile system was inducted in 2023 and has been renamed several times, starting as the “Typhon” Weapon System (TWS), then as the Mid-Range Capability System (MCS), and is now officially known as the Strategic Mid-Range Fires System (SMRF). Adding to the confusion, some US government institutions refer to it as the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) System, including the US Congress. Either way, the “Typhon” was developed in violation of the now-defunct INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty, as it uses the land-based “Tomahawk” missiles with a maximum range of 1,600 km.

The RD25 officially starts on September 12 and will last until September 25. It includes 19,000 American and Japanese personnel and will take place across military bases from Hokkaido to Okinawa. The US Army and USMC (Marine Corps) will jointly deploy the “Typhon” at the USMC Air Station Iwakuni. The base is located approximately 30 km southwest of Hiroshima, a city America destroyed with a nuclear bomb on August 6, 1945, followed by Nagasaki three days later, killing........

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