Balikatan 2026 featured a notable live-fire debut of the US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (Typhon), launching a Tomahawk cruise missile from a ground-based Mk 41 VLS within the first island chain. The exercise also emphasized rapid HIMARS insertions and dispersed coastal anti-ship missile deployments (NMESIS, Japan Type 88), reflecting evolving expeditionary long-range strike and sea-denial concepts in the Pacific.
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US Army fires ground-launched Tomahawk (Typhon/MRC) in Balikatan 2026
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- Naval News RSS · https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/05/u-s-missile-surge-reach-showcased-at-philippine-balikatan-drills/U.S. Missile Surge, Reach Showcased at Philippine Balikatan Drills