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Home / Asia / The U.S. missile launcher that is enraging China
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March 25, 2025

The U.S. missile launcher that is enraging China

“Just the presence of the system causes those escalation risks, and that’s before you even consider what happens if you use the system in a conflict,” said Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a libertarian-leaning Washington-based think tank that backs a more restrained U.S. foreign policy.

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