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Russia, China blast deployment of US ‘Typhon’ missiles to Japan

US military commanders participate in a ceremony at the Yokota airbase, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan [File: Itsuo Inouye/AP Photo]

Russia and China have separately warned Japan over its decision to allow the United States to deploy “Typhon” intermediate-range missiles during joint military exercises in Japan next month, calling the move a threat to regional stability.

“We view this as another destabilising step as part of Washington’s course toward ramping up the potential of ground-based shorter and intermediate-range missiles,” Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

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