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It's Wednesday the the 17th of September.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First up, the U.S. Army rolls out a powerful new missile system on Japanese soil, one they can put Shanghai and even Beijing

within range. Beijing is furious, warning that Washington and Tokyo are escalating towards an arms

race. Later in the show, a disturbing report finds thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

are being held in over 200 facilities

where they're subjected to re-education and military training. But first, today's afternoon

spotlight. The U.S. has just unveiled a weapon system at Japan that Beijing hoped would never

arrive. For the first time, the U.S. Army has put its

Typhon mid-range missile launcher on Japanese soil. Now, the system was displayed at Marine

Corps Air Station Iwakuni during Resolute Dragon. That's the large joint exercise that now involves

more than 19,000 U.S. and Japanese troops rehearsing maritime defense

and coastal operations.

So what exactly is Typhon?

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