Why the U.S. Military Is Reviving Abandoned WWII-Era Airfields | WSJ Coordinates
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To counter China, the U.S. is racing to upgrade a handful of remote airstrips in the Pacific Ocean. WSJ’s Niharika Mandhana traveled to Tinian Island, where the U.S. is working to clear overgrowth to unearth the runways of a vast World War II-era airfield.
WSJ explores how this construction is part of a wider strategy to combat Beijing’s ability to threaten the U.S.'s larger bases including those on nearby Guam.
Chapters:
0:00 Remote airways in the Pacific
0:48 Construction on Tinian Island
2:21 Tinian history
3:00 Hub and spoke
3:55 Guam’s role
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On the other side I understand the motivation of doing these types of projects, but as a combat veteran I don't wish for another war, let alone a large scale one. Most vets will tell you that war, especially an unjust one is not something that any of us really want. We've seen what can happen and it's not pleasant. I wasn't on the line with a rifle but I did see on many occasions videos of what a 500, 1000, and 2000 pound bomb and other ordinance can do since part of my job was to review footage before sending it up to intelligence. So yeah, I wasn't an infantryman, but working on and loading ordinance on aircraft on a flight deck at night (which has its own element of extreme danger) and seeing people walk around and then watching them getting vaporized...not something I want to repeat let alone have anyone else do a job like that. All men and women in uniform must perform their duties, no job is more important than the other even in peace time, but the ugliness of war is something that I wish on no one regardless of their duty.
I hope it doesn't come to that but if it does I'm 100% behind our servicemembers, period, end of story.
Why the U.S. Military Is Reviving Abandoned WWII-Era Airfields | WSJ Coordinates
The Wall Street Journal
2,906,512 views
To counter China, the U.S. is racing to upgrade a handful of remote airstrips in the Pacific Ocean. WSJ’s Niharika Mandhana traveled to Tinian Island, where the U.S. is working to clear overgrowth to unearth the runways of a vast World War II-era airfield.
WSJ explores how this construction is part of a wider strategy to combat Beijing’s ability to threaten the U.S.'s larger bases including those on nearby Guam.
Chapters:
0:00 Remote airways in the Pacific
0:48 Construction on Tinian Island
2:21 Tinian history
3:00 Hub and spoke
3:55 Guam’s role
Coordinates
In Coordinates, WSJ explains the geopolitics and developments of key regions imperative to the military strategies of countries around the world.
#China #Guam #WSJ