China said it firmly opposes the United States' deployment of intermediate-range missile systems in Asian countries on Friday, following reports that the US military plans to deploy the Typhon missile system at the Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, for joint US-Japan drills from June to September.

After the joint exercises, the systems will move to a US military base in Japan for storage.

China said it firmly opposes the United States' deployment of intermediate-range missile systems in Asian countries on Friday, following reports that the US military plans to…

Spokesman Guo Jiakun stressed that such actions harm the legitimate security interests of other countries

The ground-based strike capability is designed to launch mid-and short-range missiles