The United States is sending its Typhon midrange missile system to Japan for joint exercises with the Self-Defence Forces. This is not only another military drill. It is part of a wider change in U.S.-Japanese defence planning against China. The Typhon system will be deployed to Kagoshima Prefecture and used during the Valiant Shield exercises at Kanoya Air Base, which run until 1 July. It is also expected to take part in the Orient Shield drills in September and then move to a U.S. military