US Army will not conduct Typhon live-fire at exercises in Philippines

The U.S. Army will not conduct a live-fire operation of its Mid-Range Capability missile system, known as Typhon, during exercises in the Philippines this spring, according to the service commander in charge of U.S. Army Pacific operations. “We are not planning to conduct live-fire in the Philippines right now,” Maj. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp, deputy chief of staff of operations, plans and training at U.S. Army Pacific, told reporters in a media briefing Thursday. The news comes almost a year after the Army’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force transpor…