Chinese aircraft carrier last week “Liaoning” accompanied by a group of warships, rounding the Philippines, I headed to the waters near Guam. At this time, the only US aircraft carrier, was present in the Asia-Pacific region, participated in large-scale naval exercises off the coast of far away Alaska. With him went the most capable pennants as an escort, leaving a strategically important base for the US without proper cover. It is reported by the Chinese edition of Sohu.
The enormous importance of Guam themselves indicate the US military. The island is an important transit point. On the airbase situated here you can reach the Korean Peninsula for 5 hours, to Japan - for 4 o'clock, to anywhere in the Asia-Pacific region - for 12 hours.
Against the background of a general reduction of the US military presence abroad, Guam receives at least 10 billion. Doll. within the framework of the combat potential of the recovery program. And this is without taking into account the fact, what in 2014 year Japan contributed US proposal 6 billion. Doll. Move here 7000 US Marines from Okinawa.
Built military facilities here are able to accept 150 stealth bomber B-2, nearly 100 ships, including aircraft carriers. In this case, the defense of the island from the land is very inconvenient: its length is only 50 km, it has absolutely no strategic depth (in particular, no strengthening), the landscape is flat terrain. therefore, According to Sohu, Guam can be called island with “thin-skinned and a large stuffed”.
In this regard,, as suggested by edition, to take possession of the island without causing critical damage to him (eg, by impact ballistic missiles) enough to get the superiority of the sea. This was well aware of US users, sharply criticized the Pentagon for, I left Guam without cover during the passage of the Chinese ships.
On the thief and the cap off.
– can translate reaction Sohu.
