A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday warned that Japan's deployment of missiles with so-called "enemy base strike capabilities" has laid bare its ambition for military expansion.

Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made this comment in response to media reports that Japan's Minister of Defense announced the deployment, which some analysts believe is clearly targeted at China.

Japan's reckless and dangerously accelerated push for remilitarization is spiraling out of control, Zhang said, noting that this is a complete betrayal of its pacifist Constitution and exclusively defense-oriented principle.

He added that such moves have laid bare Japan's ambition for military expansion, warning that the proliferation of neo-militarism in the country has become a real menace.

"Should an evil tiger be unleashed from its cage, it would inevitably wreak havoc far and wide, and plunge the Japanese people into an abyss of disaster," Zhang said, urging the international community to stay on high alert.

He stressed that the Chinese military has sufficient capability to counter threats and provocations, make aggressors pay an unbearable price, and defend national sovereignty, security and development interests.