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This paper examines the potential implications of the US developing non-nuclear weapons that can strike distant targets in a short period of time for the Asia-Pacific. After first discussing the political and technological challenges the US faces in exploring the introduction of such capabilities, the author describes potential missions in which such weapons could be used. He argues the US is developing such weapons for their potential use in a conflict with China or North Korea. He then questions what these weapons could offer the US in missions against either country and suggests that the weapon system could challenge the stability of US-China relations in crisis situations.