Ang Bayan Ngayon
December 28, 2024
Bayan Muna Party-list condemned the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its plan to purchase the Typhon Mid-range Capability (MRC) missile system. The party’s second nominee Atty. Carlos Isagani Zarate said it will only put the country in greater danger.
“The purchase of Typhon missiles will only push our country towards greater danger. The Filipino people are justified in holding the Marcos Jr administration and its US master accountable for dragging the country as a target for nuclear war from countries that are not even our enemies,” said Atty. Zarate.
As earlier reported, countries like China and Russia have repeatedly denounced and warned against the US’s positioning of the Typhon MRC missile system in the Philippines last April. The missiles were brought to the country and used in the largest series of Balikatan war games early in the year. Initially concealed, these openly displayed offensive weapons were revealed positioned at the Laoag civilian airport in Ilocos Norte, a region undeclared as a US military base or “EDCA site.”
The Typhon MRC has the capability to launch Tomahawk and SM-6 missiles that can fly up to 1,600 kilometers. The US began manufacturing such weapons in 2019, which were previously banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a nuclear treaty between the US and the then USSR signed during the Cold War. The US withdrew from this treaty in 2019.
The Typhon missile system would have been removed from the country in September, but the US and the Marcos regime reneged on this promise. Based on reports and satellite images, the Typhon system remains positioned at the Laoag International Airport in Laoag City.
Atty. Zarate said “buying these high-tech weapons is not a solution.” The former legislator called on the Marcos administration to adhere to the constitution by promoting an independent foreign policy. “There should be no nuclear weapons and foreign military troops in the Philippines,” he said.
Atty. Zarate also pointed out that such purchases of weapons from the US will only further drown the Philippines in debt. This action also reveals the Marcos regime’s brazen subservience and subordination to US imperialism at the expense of Filipinos.
The AFP projects that the Typhon MRC will be a deterrent to threats against Philippine sovereignty. This plan of the Marcos regime aligns with the US imperialist policy of the ‘first-island chain’ against the rival imperialist country, China.
In a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, they called the Philippines’ move “provocative and dangerous” as it will further escalate regional tensions.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/bayan-muna-denounces-afps-plan-to-purchase-typhon-missile-system/
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