Overview

• The U.S. Army Pacific said the Third Multi-Domain Task Force will position a Typhon system at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni during the Sept. 11–25 exercise.
• It remains unclear whether the training will include live-fire events, and officials indicated the system will depart Japan after the drills conclude.
• Beijing and Moscow issued formal protests, with Russia warning of unspecified countermeasures and urging Tokyo to reverse its authorization.
• The Typhon platform can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles of roughly 1,000 miles and SM-6 missiles of about 290 miles, providing land-attack, anti-surface, and air-defense strike options.
• The Japan rotation follows a battery’s presence in the Philippines since April 2024 and a recent live-fire event in Australia, reflecting expanded U.S. ground-based strike posture in the Western Pacific.