This is a new development that will hopefully stabilize the
so-called militarization of China in the Asia Pacific.
Washington has expressed its intention to quickly deploy
intermediate-range missiles in Asia.
The new Pentagon chief said the US was
now free to deploy the weapons following its withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia.
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"Yes
I would like to," Esper said when asked if the US was considering
deploying new medium-range conventional weapons in Asia.
"We
would like to deploy a capability sooner rather than later," Esper told
reporters on a plane to Sydney at the start of a week-long tour of Asia.
"I
would prefer months... But these things tend to take longer than you
expect."
The move will definitely send a message and will probably anger
China which also has aspirations of having an influence in the region, but
Esper said Beijing should not be surprised by the move.
"That
should be no surprise because we have been talking about that for some time
now," he said.
"And
I want to say that 80 percent of their inventory is INF range systems. So that
should not surprise that we would want to have a like capability," he
said.
The US did not specify where the missiles will be deployed in Asia.
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