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4800 kilometers away from Dongfeng Express, US military builds new base in the Pacific to prevent Guam from being paralyzed_Wick Island
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2020-07-11
Guam is no longer a "Peach Blossom Land"
As we all know, Guam, located in the vast western Pacific, has always been the largest and most important maritime base of the US military in this region. Anderson Air Force Base on Guam has deployed a large number of U.S. Air Force fighters all year round, including the most advanced B2 and F22 stealth fighters. It is also often in Guam. The U.S. Navy is stationed in Guam base with a large number of ships, and has a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier for many years. Park here. Because Guam is far away from the West Pacific coastline, coupled with the US Navy’s previous advantage of riding the dust, almost no navy or air force has been able to reach Guam.
Earlier, even if Guam's warships stationed in Guam went out to fight, Guam itself did not smell a trace of war. However, in recent years, there have been major changes in the military strength around Guam. In just a few years, two medium-sized aircraft carriers that can reach Guam, a large number of ships with regional air defense capabilities, and more and more advanced submarines have appeared. Especially high-precision medium- and long-range ballistic missiles represented by DF26 can easily cover Guam, so the current Guam is no longer the former "Peach Blossom Land".
The US military wants to rebuild a "little Guam"
Compared with sea ships and air fighters, ballistic missiles are obviously more difficult to deal with. Ballistic missiles with extremely fast flight speed and high accuracy can easily break through any defense network. The Patriot 3 and other air defense systems deployed on Guam cannot guarantee effective defense. To solve the possible "paralysis" of Guam during the war, the US military set its sights on Wake Island in the central Pacific. Compared with Guam, Wake Island is farther away from the West Pacific coastline. It is extremely difficult for other countries to break through the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group to reach Wake Island, and the location of Wake Island makes the current high-precision medium-range ballistic missile Can't touch it.
Wake Island is not a barren land. The US military has previously built a three-kilometer airstrip on Wake Island, which can take off and land large fighters including B52. Since the beginning of this year, the US military has carried out a lot of construction on the island. In addition to strengthening the infrastructure such as the runway, the US military plans to build a pier on the island that can park large ships and a warehouse that can store materials and ammunition. After completion, Wake Island acts like a "Little Guam", and its unique location makes Wake Island safe enough with few defense systems.
Wake Island’s limited role cannot completely replace Guam
The US military intends to use Wake Island as a naval and air force transit base to undertake the link between Guam and Hawaii and the United States mainland, and wants to use Wake Island to top up when Guam is damaged, but Wake Island although It is safer, but its limitations are too great to replace Guam completely. First of all, Wake Island is not large, and it is impossible to build a huge air base and naval dock like Guam, nor can it provide logistic support for such a large base.
Secondly, although Wake Island is safer from the mainland, it is too far away to limit its role. For example, F22 fighter jets can reach most parts of Southeast Asia with one refueling from Anderson Air Force Base, but if deployed on Wake Island, at least two air refueling is required. Even large-range B2 bombers cannot be refueled without air refueling. Wake Island and West Pacific coastline come and go freely. However, it can be seen from the urgent need for the US military to build Wake Island that the Pacific Ocean is no longer a comfortable back garden for the United States.
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