#midrangecapability

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) very much welcomed and enthusiastically received the News of the possible deployment of another of the United States' (US) Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Missile System to the Philippines by next Year of 2026.

The Spokesperson of the AFP, Colonel Francel Margareth Padilla said that this will be a "Welcome Development", and that "the more, the merrier".

MY NOTES: So it seems that another Battery of the Typhon will be based in the Philippines. Each of these Batteries have four Missile Firing Units (MFU), with each MFU carrying four Missiles. So for two Batteries, that is a total of 32 Missiles in the Philippines.

Assuming half of that will be the Tomahawk Missiles, with the other being the SM-6 Multi-Purpose Missiles, then that’s a total of 16 Tomahawks that can reach at good Part of China when launched from Luzon.

As I mentioned several times before, these Tomahawks are “Nuclear-capable”, meaning they can be armed with Nuclear Warheads. The Versions of the Tomahawks armed with Nuclear Warheads have been deactivated and stored, and the Production for that Particular Version has stopped, but of course the Weapons can be reactivated and Production restarted in times of War.

This is why China is so against them, we literally have Nuclear-capable Missiles aimed at them. The Deployment of these Missiles in the Philippines are intentional, likely based on the assumption by the US and their Pinoy Dogs that China will not start a War with the Philippines if we have Nuclear Weapons, based on the supposed “Lessons” learned from Ukraine.

That is just an ASSUMPTION by them, of course. It is also very possible that we will be nuked and start World War Three (WW3) with these Weapons in our midst. So, does this mean the closer we are to Nuclear War, the “merrier”? Shaking my Head …

Here is the Link to the Article at the “Inquirer” Website: https://www.inquirer.net/433742/afp-on-possible-arrival-of-second-typhon-the-more-the-merrier/

The Chief of the Philippine Army (PA), Lieutenant General Roy Galido said in a News Conference recently that they are still interested in acquiring the Typhon Mid Range Capability (MRC) System which will allow the Philippines to hit Targets in China even when fired all the Way from Luzon using its BGM-109 Tomahawk Missiles.

Galido said that it will probably take two or more Years to acquire the System, so at least until 2026 since it has not yet been budgeted for acquisition next Year of 2025. Galido also mentioned that how many Systems will be acquired will depend on the Budget they will be able to get for it.

As I mentioned in a previous Blog, I am lukewarm only in Terms of the acquisition of this System. While it is "very cool" for the Philippines to finally get to have its own of the legendary Tomahawk Missiles, I don't think they will do much of a difference overall.

As I said, Russia had already fired at least 800 of its own Version of the Tomahawk, the Kalibr, into Ukraine in the last three Years, as we can all see it has not been that decisive for the Russians.

My only hope is that China will not see as much a Threat the Philippine-owned Typhons compared to United States (US)-owned Typhons as it will less likely be armed with the Nuclear Version of the Tomahawk. The Possibility is still there, the Philippines and US could get into a Secret Agreement to do so, but it is less likely.

Here is the Link to the Article at the https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/12/23/news/national/philippine-military-says-will-acquire-us-typhon-missile-system/2026478