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Tag: Guam

Posted inPacific Islands

US Air Force eyes Tinian Island as alternate airbase

by Dave Makichuk December 3, 2020December 7, 2020

It is from this base on diminutive Tinian Island, called North Field, that two B-29 bombers, modified to carry atomic bombs as part of Operation Silverplate flew separate sorties that would comprise the only operational uses of nuclear weapons to date. Some 75 years later, the island has garnered new attention — the US Air […]

Posted inUnited States

US military spending to skyrocket over China Sea ‘footprint’

by Dave Makichuk June 25, 2020June 29, 2020
Posted inUnited States

Message to China: The ‘Bone’ is back on Guam

by Dave Makichuk May 14, 2020May 17, 2020
Posted inUnited States

Why the US withdrew its bombers from Guam

by Stephen Bryen April 28, 2020May 7, 2020
Posted inUnited States

US Pacific carriers face virus crisis

by Dave Makichuk March 31, 2020April 2, 2020
Posted inWorld

Virgin Orbit to launch in Guam by year end: Branson

by DM Chan September 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

New Cold War arrives in Papua New Guinea

by Alan Boyd November 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Improving regional security by resetting US-Taiwan relations

by Stephen Bryen September 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

Beijing’s great game to win over Pacific’s small island states

by Grant Newsham September 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

China’s plan for conquest of the South Pacific

by Kerry K Gershaneck September 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World, Wuhan

How China-consciousness defines Malabar 2018

by Swaran Singh June 5, 2018June 5, 2018
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan

‘Guam Express’ DF-26 missiles in service with PLA

by Asia Times staff April 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, World

US B-52 bombers fly close to Guangdong coast

by Frank Chen April 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

China scare spreads to New Zealand

by Alan Boyd February 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Mattis says US will strengthen Guam against North Korean missile threat

by Asia Times staff February 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Obvious – and less so – signs of impending new Korean War

by Danny Lam February 3, 2018
Posted inBeijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Old Soviet warhorse fills the gap as H-20 is delayed

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China eyes Philippines’ strategic eastern shores

by George Amurao January 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

B-2 bombers in Guam lay bare PLA’s weak underbelly

by Frank Chen January 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

US deploys 3 B-2 bombers to Guam

by Asia Times staff January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

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