Eye on China - #US revives WWII base close to Guam !

The U.S. Air Force is bringing the island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into service as it seeks bases where its Pacific forces can disperse in wartime. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, told Nikkei Asia for a Dec. 13 report that North Airfield on the island of Tinian is being reclaimed from the jungle that has overgrown it since World War II. In 1945, the airfield included four 8,500-foot runways that launched B-29 Superfortress bombers against Japan. Visitors to Tinian can still witness pits where the atom bombs — Fat Man and Little Boy meant for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were loaded onto B-29s. Tinian has been part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, which is a US territory in the Pacific and has a population of 3,000 people. It is about 118 miles or 190 km from Guam. In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how the U.S. plans to counter China with the revival of the WWII base ? #defenseupdates #uschinawar #usvschina Chapters: 00:11 INTRODUCTION 02:11 BACKGROUND 03:16 CHINESE THREAT 05:23 MORE BASES 06:30 ANALYSIS ✴️ https://nordvpn.com/DEFENSE 🐦 Follow us on Twitter : https://twitter.com/Defense_Updates ▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com) 🎵 Background Music courtesy of incompetech.com "Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (Licensed under Creative Commons)