Bangladesh, Aug. 15 -- The Indo-Pacific is witnessing a perilous escalation in missile proliferation driven by what can only be described as an overzealous US approach that risks destabilizing an already volatile region. From deployments in the Philippines to Japans missile tests, the rapid buildup of advanced weaponry signals a dangerous shift in the strategic landscape, one that threatens to spiral into unintended conflict.

In April 2025, for example, the US deployed the NMESIS system and the Typhon medium range launcher to the Philippines Batanes Islands. One may recall that last year Washington had already deployed the Typhon launcher to the same region, which is capable, as expert Shah Md Shamrir Al Af notes, of firing SM-6 and Toma...