Breaking Defense | To project power in the Pacific, invest in Guam’s protection

By: Randall Schriver | BREAKING DEFENSE |

The United States is a Pacific power, yet we are mostly resident in the Eastern Pacific and lack significant presence in the Western Pacific. …In the event of a contingency, whether in the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, or the South and East China Seas, the United States will be playing on the road as the “away team.” The important exception to this geographic imbalance is found in the great Pacific territories of the United States – and in particular, the US territory of Guam…

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