Recently, according to Japan's Nikkei Asia, the United States plans to put it by 2024Ground-based medium-range missilesDeployed in the Indo-Pacific region, it is designed to strengthen deterrence against China. This will be the first time since the end of the Cold War that the United States has deployed a similar deployment in China's periphery。According to the United StatesPacific OceanArmy spokespersonPhillipsSayings, theseMissilesThe firing range will be between 500 km and 2700 km. If deployed in China's neighboring countries, it will pose a huge threat to China's territorial depth targets.
Ground-based medium-range missilesIt is a kind of historical and strategically significant。With a range of 500-5500 kilometers, it can hit targets in depth from major powers such as China, Russia, and the United States, and has the ability to be mass-produced and flexibly deployed. It involves strategic deterrence andArms raceMedium-range missilesplays an important role in the world situation. Back in 1962Cuban Missile Crisis, initially because the United States deployed in TurkeyMedium-range missiles, which led to the Soviet Union's deployment in Cuba on the doorstep of the United StatesMissilesThe crisis has almost triggered the first time in the worldNuclear warContend.
In 2019, the United States was the then-incumbent**TrumpAnnouncing the withdrawal from the ".INF Treaty, resulting in the invalidation of the treaty. TrumpHe said that the immediate reason for withdrawing from the treaty was not Russia, but concerns about China. China has a large number of medium-range ranges that are not limited by treatiesBallistic missilesand considerable progress has been made in technology. In the context of the escalation of the Sino-US war and the growing tension between the two countries, the withdrawal from the ".INF Treatybecame imposed by the United States on ChinaMilitaryAn effective means of stress.
between China and the United StatesMilitaryThe confrontation is protracted. As the world's number oneMilitaryGreat powers, the United States, in order to maintain its superpower status, will constantly look for new enemies and adversaries to prevent the rise of a second superpower. China does not seek to become another U.S.-style superpower, but it will fight back when its security and development path are threatened. between China and the United StatesMilitaryThe struggle will always exist, and over time, the two countriesMilitaryThe strength will continue to improve.
MilitaryStrength has always been an important support for diplomacy. As the world's second largest economy and populous country, China has a strongMilitarystrength and technological innovation capabilities, and inMissilesTechnology,Hypersonic**Important breakthroughs have been made. In order to ensure and safeguard its own interests, China will continue to improveMissilesinterception capabilities, and develop higher range, more accurateLong-range missilesto offset the United StatesMedium-range missilesthreats. between China and the United StatesMilitaryCompetition and confrontation will continue in the future, bringing certain uncertainties and risks. Therefore, the international community needs to strengthen dialogue and cooperation to jointly maintain regional and global peace and stability.