beijing xiangshan forum | russian deputy defense minister fomin: the us is building a nato-like alliance in the "indo-pacific"
2024-09-13
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at the first plenary session of the 11th beijing xiangshan forum on "security cooperation and prosperity and stability in the asia-pacific" on september 13, russian deputy defense minister alexander fomin said that the united states is establishing a military alliance similar to nato in the "indo-pacific region", the first of which is aukus. their goal is to provoke an arms race, divide countries into groups, and prepare for a large-scale war according to ukraine's standards. they are strengthening the military presence of nato countries in the asia-pacific region, expanding the strike potential of their army, and actively conducting military exercises to practice conflict scripts.
fomin noted that washington and its allies are announcing plans to deploy short- and medium-range missiles in the asia-pacific region, deployed on mobile typhon missile systems, which have been used in exercises in europe and the asia-pacific region in preparation for the so-called dual deterrence against russia and china.
russian deputy defense minister general alexander fomin delivered a speech at the first plenary session of the 11th xiangshan forum held in beijing on september 13, 2024. visual china photo
in april this year, the us army's typhoon medium-range missile system, capable of launching tomahawk cruise missiles and standard-6 missiles, was deployed to the northern philippines. this was the first time the system appeared in the "indo-pacific region".
the system is a new land-based mobile medium-range missile weapon system developed by lockheed martin for the us army. the system is similar to the us navy's missile launch system. each launcher is equipped with a 4-unit mk41 vertical launch system, which can launch land-attack "standard"-6 missiles and "tomahawk" cruise missiles.
a spokesman for the philippine armed forces said in july that the u.s. military was withdrawing u.s. equipment used in the annual joint military exercise "shoulder to shoulder" from the philippines. according to the plan, the "typhon" land-based intermediate-range missile system currently deployed in the philippines will be transported away in september or even earlier.
on the afternoon of july 12, colonel zhang xiaogang, deputy director of the information bureau of the ministry of national defense and spokesman of the ministry of national defense, responded to this by saying that intermediate-range missiles are strategic offensive weapons with a strong cold war flavor and should not appear in the region. the united states and the philippines should be consistent in their words and deeds, withdraw them immediately and never deploy them again. in recent years, the united states has "broken agreements and withdrawn from groups" in the field of arms control, which has seriously impacted the international arms control and disarmament process. it has also tied its allies and partners to the war chariot, created tension and confrontation, and undermined regional peace and stability. china firmly opposes this. we urge the united states and the philippines to respect the common desire of the people of regional countries for peace and development and do more things that are conducive to regional peace and stability.
the united states and germany announced at the nato summit held in washington from july 9 to 11 that the united states will once again deploy missile systems ("typhon" medium-range missile system) in germany that can hit russia. the relevant weapons include the "tomahawk" cruise missile with a range of 2,500 kilometers and can carry nuclear warheads, the "standard-6" air defense missile, and the newly developed hypersonic missile.
according to cctv news, russian president vladimir putin said at the standing committee of the russian federation security council on june 28 that due to the united states' violation of the intermediate-range missile treaty and other relevant agreements, russia should resume the production of previously banned medium- and short-range missiles. this move is to ensure russia's overall security. putin said that the united states has shipped medium- and short-range missiles to europe for military exercises, and deployed land-based medium-range missile systems in the philippines on the pretext of exercises, and threatened to normalize the deployment in the asia-pacific region within this year. russia cannot ignore this.
the paper reporter hou danwei and xie ruiqiang
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