Typhon missile system

Wow.

They use dispersed, highly mobile land-based launchers like the Typhon system or the PRISM precision strike missiles.

So not big air bases?

No, these aren't massive, slow-moving bases at all.

The Typhon system can literally be disguised in what looks like a standard 40-foot shipping container sitting on the back of a truck.

That's incredible.

They can immediately disrupt the enemy without waiting four days for an airstrike.

Exactly.

The Marines are, the U.S. Marines are really banging the drum about, I think it was the head of the Indo-PACOM gave a statement recently.

They want more Typhoon missile systems.

They basically want to, you know, I don't even know how we have more of these systems.

Yeah,

in the Philippines.

W- It's whether the Typhoon system- Please explain the Typhoon, uh- Yeah.

So- ... scenario from few years ago ...

so basically one big plan is to have, um, although the Iran war [laughs] is putting everything into question.

That's true.

But anyway, a great wall of missile systems, right? This was the expand strategy 10 years ago.

So you'll have Patriot missiles in Taiwan, you'll have advanced missile systems in Japan, and then you'll put Typhoon missiles, and Typhoon is cutting-edge missiles.

Mm.

They are coming out with a – the Army has a requirement on the books for a Prism Incubant 4 with a 1,000-kilometer range, right? So you've got LRHW, then you've got the family of Prism missiles.

You've also got Typhon, the mid-range capability, which can launch ground-launched Tomahawk out to 1,000 kilometers, as well as – SM6s, shorter range for seat control and air defense.

A lot of options there.

And you can go even further down the list.

Ansar Allah military spokesman Yahya Sari said on Tuesday that Yemeni forces recorded 35 Saudi airstrikes over the previous 24-hour period, which comes as ground fighting between Ansar Allah and Saudi-backed forces continues mainly in the southwestern Taiz province.

So Sari said that these strikes were launched using F-15 and Typhoon aircraft taking off from bases in southern Saudi Arabia.

He alleged, quote, the strikes targeted civilian infrastructure, including communications networks and schools, and the governance of Taiz, Al-Jaf, Amran, Sadat, and Hodeidah, end quote.

He added that the latest attacks bring the total number of Saudi-led airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation began to 1,158. separately, Yemen's National Human Rights Authority, which is a rights monitoring group that operates in the part of Yemen, which is governed by Ansar Allah, which is where about 70% to 80% of Yemenis actually live.

And there are also allegations from the federal government side that al-Shabaab is fighting on the side of Lafayette Garine, which he has strongly denied.

I don't know if there's any truth to that, but this is just kind of a mess in Somalia's southwest state.

So the next one here, Okinawa town protests U.S. Typhoon deployment.

So this is an interesting story here.

And moving over to Asia.

The U.S. is moving the Typhon missile system.

For those that have been around, you've heard me talk about the Typhon missile system because the Chinese basically pitch fit every time this thing comes into the news.

For those that can see, which, by the way, if you're on a podcast listening later, all the maps will be in the written report.

The Typhon is able to fire the Tomahawk missile system, which allows it to reach from Okinawa, its new home.

It can reach... a major shipyard a major naval base shanghai and hong kong and it's just at a range of beijing but it's really not that far to get uh get there as well now this move is also highly symbolic because where it's going the government that just changed uh used to say hey no we don't want any more troops we want to draw down on troops please stop sending us us troops this is showing a much higher willingness to accept additional u.s troops

Now, uh, Jared, uh, what, uh, what is the significance here? What, how, how, uh, is China likely to react to the U S moving this Typhon missile system?

So their official reactions are normally just a rather aggressive statement from their ministry of foreign affairs, but it's also usually followed up indirectly with, uh, additional ship presence, usually coast guard and the Navy.