US Expands Remote Pacific Military Base Amid Regional Standoff With China: Report

[rangerrebew]

US Expands Remote Pacific Military Base Amid Regional Standoff With China: Report
 
Military & Intelligence
09:38 GMT 05.07.2020Get short URL
 

In late June, a Chinese government think tank warned of a possible military conflict due to the US military’s "unprecedented" deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.

War Zone has reported about "substantial improvements" to the secretive US military base on Wake Island, described by the news outlet as “America's remote outpost deep in the Pacific”.

    “The major expansions to the [Wake Island] airfield began early this year and are still underway today”, War Zone said, referring to new satellite imagery that it obtained from the private American imaging company Planet Labs.

The improvements include a large apron expansion on the eastern side of the airfield, construction in the support area to the north, and a complete rebuilding of the runway.

https://sputniknews.com/military/202007051079799393-us-expands-remote-pacific-military-base-amid-regional-standoff-with-china-report/

[PeteS in CA]

Secretive? The US has had a base there since before WW2. It's so secretive that the Japanese bombed and invaded it.

[skeeter]

Secretive? The US has had a base there since before WW2. It's so secretive that the Japanese bombed and invaded it.

It was a Pan Am Clipper facility before that. I thought the navy had abandoned the base entirely a few years ago.