Guam is home to closest U.S. military base to the Chinese mainland
* The Pentagon revealed details of its review of global military posture on Monday
* Officials said they were deploying fighter and bomber planes to Australia
* And they announced that the base on Guam would be upgraded
* The island of Guam is the closest U.S. base to mainland China
* It is part of an effort to focus the U.S. military on the threat from Beijing
The Pentagon plans to improve its bases in Guam and Australia to counter the growing threat from China, officials announced on Monday, after a nine-month review of military resources around the world.
But they said that no major changes to the global U.S. military posture were needed and that they would not publish the overall findings.
The nine-month review was designed to coordinate the nation's massive military capabilities with the Biden administration’s strategic priorities, most notably responding to China’s growing assertiveness and its buildup of forces.
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6 comments:
Guam is definitely not the closest U.S. base to Guam, that would be the bases in Okinawa or South Korea.
So Obama is finally Pivoting to the Pacific in his 3rd term.
10 years late is better than never, I suppose.
The Pacific Pivot
BY CLYDE PRESTOWITZ MARCH 13, 2012
Guam can only be made useful if hardening of infrastructure is done cuz China will launch a sneak attack.
China will attempt to disable it first, then conquer at leisure.
Harden, tunnel, hide all the assets needed to enable Guam to strike China and its mobile assets for months on end.
I think Guam's fortress days were finished when atom bombs and rockets came onto the scene.
Do we bulk up our military budget? No, it means just tiny change.
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