Here Is America's Backup Plan In Case Of War With China

Robert Beckhusen, Business Insider: Take a Look at America's Backup Plan in Case of War with China

Here it is...

In a way, it’s a return to the past. The United States dispersed air bases to varying degrees—and in different parts of the world—during the Cold War, but as the threat of a Soviet missile attack evaporated and post-Persian Gulf War budget cuts hit hard in the 1990s, the trend shifted toward larger mega-bases that operate on economies of scale.

The United States can no longer count on its Pacific air bases to be safe from missile attack during a war with China. On the contrary, a 2015 paper from the influential RAND Corporation noted that in the worst case scenario , “larger and accurate attacks sustained over time against a less hardened posture could be devastating, causing large losses of aircraft and prolonged airfield closures.”

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WNU Editor: One word sums up this back-up plan .... "retreat". And while I understand the military reasons why this is the back-up plan, America's East Asian allies will see this as a U.S. retreat to safer bases and supply lines.

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