A pawn of the US? Manila’s plan to buy missile system draws flak from Beijing

A Mid-Range Capability, or Typhon, launcher with the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force arrives in the Philippines on April 8, in the capability’s first deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. | U.S. ARMY

China reacted strongly to Manila’s announcement that it was planning to buy the missile system.

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Lim Min Zhang

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Mara Cepeda

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BEIJING/MANILA - As the Philippines seeks to boost its defences with an American weapon, does Manila risk becoming a pawn in the great power rivalry between the US and China?

Beijing has levelled this charge at Manila, after the Philippines on Dec 23

confirmed plans to acquire an American mid-range missile system,

called the Typhon, which is capable of reaching the eastern coast of China.

A pawn of the US? Manila’s plan to buy missile system draws flak from Beijing

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