Japan, US to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency, Kyodo says

AFP mum on reported US plan to deploy missiles for Taiwan emergency

The Armed Forces of the Philippines sidestepped questions on Tuesday, November 26, about the United States' plans to deploy missile units in the country in the event of a crisis in the Taiwan Strait. It disclosed however that it has contingencies ready to secure 200,000 Filipinos if China invades the self-ruled island.

The United States is considering military deployment scenarios in Japan and the Philippines to be implemented should the situation in Taiwan deteriorate.

US navy patrol aircraft flies through sensitive Taiwan Strait

BEIJING (Reuters) -A U.S. Navy patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday “in international airspace”, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement, adding that it demonstrated the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. U.S. military ships or aircraft pass through or above the sensitive waterway that separates democratically governed Taiwan from China around once a month, in missions that always anger Beijing. China cla…

US To Deploy Missiles To Japanese Islands If China Attacks Taiwan - Nemos News Network

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US military will set up temporary bases to deploy missile units along Japan’s southern islands in the event of a Taiwan contingency, Japan’s Kyodo News reported on Sunday. The report said that under the first part of a joint US-Japan operation plan, a new Marine Corps unit designed for island hopping […]

ThePatriotLight - Russia May Deploy New Missile Units In Asia If US Missiles Appear There

ThePatriotLight - The Pentagon has been engaged in recent discussions involving the potential for deploying missile units to southeast Asia, and specifically Japan, as a contingency in the scenario that China moves militarily against Taiwan. Japan's Kyodo News reported Sunday that this would involve the US Marine Corps' multiple-launch High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has responded to these rep…

U.S. drawing up contingency plans for Taiwan emergency: Kyodo news agency

U.S. preparing military deployments in Japan and Philippines amid Taiwan emergency contingency, drawing criticism from China.