Typhon missile launcher: Difference between revisions

Typhon was originally developed by the Army as the Strategic Mid-range Fires System (SMRF), formerly known as the Midrange Capabilities System (SMC), as part of the service's [[Long Range Precision Fires]] program.<ref name=":0" /> Typhon was designed to strike targets beyond the range of the Army's [[Precision Strike Missile]], but shorter than the [[Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon|Long Range Hypersonic Weapon]] system using modified SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles.<ref name=":0" /> The Army originally planned for the first SMRF battery to be fielded in Q4 FY2023, with three additional batteries to follow eachin the subsequent year.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, the Army successfully launched an SM-6 missile from a Typhon launcher; followed by the successful launch of a Tomahawk missile from a Typhon launcher assigned to 1st [[MDTF]] on June 27, 2023.<ref name=":0" /> In April 2024, the Army operationally deployed Typhon batteries from the 1st MDTF to the Phillipines. The battery deployed from [[Joint Base Lewis–McChord|Joint Base Lewis-McChord]] via a [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 Globemaster]] to an unidentified airfield in Northern [[Luzon]] for the Salaknib 2024 joint military exercises.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Lariosa |first=Aaron-Matthew |date=2024-04-15 |title=U.S. Army Deploys New Missile Launcher to the Philippines |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/u-s-army-deploys-new-missile-launcher-to-the-philippines/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> According to U.S. Army officials, from that position in Luzon, Typhon's missiles could cover not only the entire [[Luzon Strait]] but also reach the Chinese coast and various [[People's Liberation Army|People’s Liberation Army]] bases in the [[South China Sea|South China Sea.]] <ref name=":1" />