New US Marine units are taking position on 'key terrain' around Taiwan as tensions rise with China
Story by insider@insider.com (Christopher Woody) • Yesterday 7:00 AM
The US and Japan said in January that a Marine Littoral Regiment will be set up in Japan by 2025.
A Marine Littoral Regiment will also hold a major exercise in the northern Philippines this spring.
Those moves reflect the US's focus on being able to operate around Pacific in a war with China.
US Marine Corps units designed to fight on remote islands will soon take position close to Taiwan, reflecting preparations by the US and its allies for a potential conflict with China over the island that Beijing claims as part of its territory.
This month, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III announced that a Marine artillery regiment based on the Japanese island of Okinawa would be reorganized as a Marine Littoral Regiment by 2025 and be outfitted with "advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance" capabilities and anti-ship weaponry that is "relevant to the current and future threat environments."
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