Robert Beckhusen, Business Insider: Take a Look at America's Backup Plan in Case of War with China
Here it is...
In a way, it’s a return to the past. The United States dispersed air bases to varying degrees—and in different parts of the world—during the Cold War, but as the threat of a Soviet missile attack evaporated and post-Persian Gulf War budget cuts hit hard in the 1990s, the trend shifted toward larger mega-bases that operate on economies of scale.
The United States can no longer count on its Pacific air bases to be safe from missile attack during a war with China. On the contrary, a 2015 paper from the influential RAND Corporation noted that in the worst case scenario , “larger and accurate attacks sustained over time against a less hardened posture could be devastating, causing large losses of aircraft and prolonged airfield closures.”
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WNU Editor: One word sums up this back-up plan .... "retreat". And while I understand the military reasons why this is the back-up plan, America's East Asian allies will see this as a U.S. retreat to safer bases and supply lines.
2 comments:
Wake Island is becoming a very active base after decades of sleepy days and nights. Midway is current a national monument and controlled by the Interior Dept, watch the Navy and AF take it back.
Palau is another spot to watch. Aleutians islands will get back into the swing of things too. All in all the US will be building in depth in the Pacific.
Madness
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