The Briefing Room
General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 27, 2020, 01:38:37 pm
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The US Air Force has 'studied every single piece of concrete in the Pacific' to find new places to fight from
Christopher Woody
Wed, November 25, 2020, 10:33 AM PST·6 min read
The vast distances of the Pacific region and the growing reach of the Chinese military has led the US to look for ways to disperse its forces and their bases.
For the US Air Force, that means scouring the region for runways and facilities that can support its aircraft as they try to spread out and sustain potential combat operations.
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The prospect of a war with China, which has a rapidly modernizing military that can reach farther and farther across the Pacific, has the US military looking to spread out.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-air-force-studied-every-183344041.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-air-force-studied-every-183344041.html)