June 01, 2023
China’s Missile Threat Drives New U.S. Approach in Asia
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Journalist: Alastair Gale
By dispersing weaponry, troops and command posts among smaller outposts such as Lal-lo, the U.S. hopes to make it harder for Beijing to strike a decisive blow by crippling any single military facility.
“The threat to fixed bases from the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force, given its extraordinary growth in capabilities in the last few years, is front and center,” said Thomas Shugart, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C. think tank.
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