Beijing criticizes US Typhon missile systems in the Philippines
During wartime, the submarine could perform some roles of nuclear submarines, including saturation attacks on surface ships and long-range precision strikes on land targets, such as US missile defense systems in the northern Philippines.
Beijing has consistently criticized the US deployment of Typhon launchers on Luzon Island, calling for their removal and labeling the system as “a strategic asset and an offensive weapon.”
The US is also negotiating the deployment of Typhon systems in Japan, Germany, and Denmark as part of a broader strategy to “deter by denial” – aiming to block key passages into and out of the western Pacific to counter China when necessary.