Kyodo reported Japan Defence Ministry’s Okinawa Defense Bureau said on the 23rd the US mid-range missile launcher "Typhon", previously temporarily stationed at Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base in Kanoya, Kagoshima, has been moved to US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The bureau said in September US officials described storage at Kadena as not a permanent deployment and said no operational unit would be based there. Kadena town mayor has demanded the plan be withdrawn. The Russian foreign

Kyodo reported Japan Defence Ministry’s Okinawa Defense Bureau said on the 23rd the US mid-range missile launcher "Typhon", previously temporarily stationed at Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base in Kanoya, Kagoshima, has been moved to US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The bureau said in September US officials described storage at Kadena as not a permanent deployment and said no operational unit would be based there. Kadena town mayor has demanded the plan be withdrawn. The Russian foreign ministry earlier called the deployment unacceptable and urged Japan to acknowledge WWII outcomes and stop re-militarization.