China Warns ‘Inciter Will Burn’ As US Deploys NMESIS To Luzon Strait Between Philippines, Taiwan

The US is deploying its NMESIS* missile system into the heart of one of the world’s most strategic and tense bodies of water — the Luzon Strait near China. It will be the closest to the Chinese mainland that US land-based cruise missiles have been deployed, as per reports. The NMESIS anti-ship missile system will be equipped with Naval Strike Missiles (NSM), also known as “ship killers”, which cost about $1.9 million each.The deployment of anti-ship missile systems will come as part of Exercise Balikatan ’25 — the 40th iteration of the annual drills between the US and the Philippines. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:36 WHY IS NMESIS’ DEPLOYMENT IN LUZON STRAIT SIGNIFICANT?5:50 “THOSE WHO PLAY WITH FIRE ARE BOUND TO GET BURNED”