Thursday, July 23, 2020

How Should The Pentagon Defend Its Base At Guam From Chinese Missiles?

Illustration by David Axe

David Axe, Forbes: China Aims Missiles At Guam. How Should the Pentagon Defend America’s Pacific Bomber Base?

The U.S. Navy admiral in charge of Indo-Pacific Command is worried about Guam.

In the event of war, the Chinese military could target the U.S. island territory with cruise and ballistic missiles, Adm. Phil Davidson warned. And that could remove from the map the U.S. Air Force’s main Pacific base for bombers and other heavy warplanes.

The solution, Davidson said, is to install the Aegis missile-defense system on Guam. Aegis Ashore could function as “the backbone of [a] homeland defense system” for the territory, Davidson told reporters on Wednesday.

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WNU Editor: Guam would definitely be a high priority target for China.

6 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Also install several Iron Dome systems - on Guam and on ships.

Anonymous said...

Can we just get everyone moved to one side of the island so that it tips up on its side and avoids the missiles?

RussInSoCal said...

LOL yes - His Supreme Admiralness, Sir Hank Johnson should be in charge of Guam's defensive networks.

Alpha7154 said...

Destroy there missles before there a threat .early missle defence system .its a very high teck satellite 🛰 that can pin point a pre missle lunch before it’s lawnched..this satellite 📡 sole purpose is to monitor one hostile hot spot at all times .

Alpha7154 said...

Destroy there missles before there a threat .early missle defence system .its a very high teck satellite 🛰 that can pin point a pre missle lunch before it’s lawnched..this satellite 📡 sole purpose is to monitor one hostile hot spot at all times .

Anonymous said...

Just call it the Hank Johnson maneuver or the Hank Johnson shield.