U.S base in Guam a major threat to China

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U.S. cruise missile base in Guam as a major threat to China (Figure) � Military of China, force comment.


PLA Second Artillery Corps 10 long-range cruise missiles equipped with a sword, according to the U.S. Global Strategic Network
1 reported that, as will 8,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Japan to Guam soldiers, the U.S. is trying to to build Guam's air defense capability. Among them, China's missile attacks from U.S. bases in Guam is considered a major threat to intensive military facilities.
reported that the U.S. military base in Guam the next few years will be to build a different air defense systems. One is the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The missile system (24 missiles, three launchers and a fire control communications system) is composed of units, equipped with X-band radar. Equip each missile with the total cost of about $ 310 million, the missile about 18 feet, weighing about 1400 pounds, its size and shape of the Patriot air defense missiles, the same, but the increase in weight than the latter twice.
THAAD intercept distance of 200 km, the maximum intercept altitude 150 kilometers, its mainly used to intercept short-range (such as Scud missiles) and medium-range (2,000 km) ballistic missile. Guam from China about 3000 km. THAAD's development has been more than 20 years, Patriot anti-missile system is important to enhance combat capability. Patriot anti-missile system to intercept the limited capacity of about only 20 km. Patriot air defense missile has a range up to 70 km.
U.S. military base in Guam will also set up several ground-based AMRAAM (SLAMRAAM) missile. In this system, each on a Humvee with four U.S. Air Force AMRAAM. A missile launch even includes a fire control center, a radar (distance 75 km) and four to eight Hummer vehicles equipped with missiles. The missile's effective range 25 km, can shoot down incoming cruise missiles and helicopters. THAAD and AMRAAM system is mainly used to intercept cruise missiles from China. U.S. military bases in Guam, China is considered the most likely threats.
Guam from Hawaii, 7,000 km, its population of 17.3 million people, has a large number of military facilities, such as major U.S. Air Force base, the central Pacific the U.S. Navy's major supply port operations, and special operations command base. Air Force Base deployed heavy bombers, fighters and tankers, and Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles and so on. Navy also has a marine patrol boat. U.S. Coast Guard also built bases in Guam because Guam is a part of U.S. territory, all residents are U.S. citizens.
final report said the U.S. military will continue to intensify efforts for the Guam base defense facilities renovation and expansion, the entire project is expected to cost $ 8.0 billion, plans to be completed within four years and put into operation.
The problem with china is that it considers itself much more powerful than they are. They think that they can mess with whole world together. US, India and japan shall show it its real place in the world.
 

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Navy: China out, Vietnam and Israel in for RIMPAC 2018

The Navy announced on Wednesday that 26 nations, 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC being held June 27 to Aug. 2.

This would mark the first time Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Israel have joined the drills, the Navy said.
 
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B-1 Bombers and Troops Are Heading to Guam (China Is The Reason Why)
 

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China Aims Missiles At Guam. How Should the Pentagon Defend America’s Pacific Bomber Base?
David Axe July 23,2020

The U.S. Navy admiral in charge of Indo-Pacific Command is worried about Guam.

In the event of war, the Chinese military could target the U.S. island territory with cruise and ballistic missiles, Adm. Phil Davidson warned. And that could remove from the map the U.S. Air Force’s main Pacific base for bombers and other heavy warplanes.
The solution, Davidson said, is to install the Aegis missile-defense system on Guam. Aegis Ashore could function as “the backbone of [a] homeland defense system” for the territory, Davidson told reporters on Wednesday.
Guam lies 1,800 miles from China in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s close enough from the Asian mainland to function as a base for bombers, tankers and intelligence aircraft, but far enough to be a tough target for all but the most sophisticated attackers.
Andersen Air Force Base on Guam is huge. Its long runways and extensive aprons could accommodate hundreds of aircraft. Chinese military planners surely are keenly aware of the base’s value to the United States. They’ve spent decades devising means to attack it.
Today the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force possesses 2,500-mile-range DF-26 ballistic missiles that can hit Guam. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s H-6 bombers also could strike the island with their 900-mile CJ-10 cruise missiles. The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s ships could fire YJ-18 cruise missiles at Andersen from around 300 miles away.
None of these weapons would work perfectly in combat conditions. Their launchers all are vulnerable to attack. It’s unclear how many of each munition China possesses.
But U.S. military leaders assume that, in a major war, at least a few missiles would head Guam’s way. Thousands of American lives, billions of dollars worth of warplanes and a key U.S. military advantage—its long-range air power—could be at risk.
Which is why the U.S. Army stations a battery of Terminal High-Altitude Air-Defense missile-launchers on Guam. And why the Army could, in a time of crisis, speed Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles to the island.
Both THAAD and Patriot are terminal defenses. They aim at missiles in the final moments of their flight. The SM-3 is a mid-course defense. It strikes ballistic missiles farther away in the middle of their flight, when they’re at the edge of the atmosphere.
There are two ways to launch an SM-3. Pack it into a vertical launch cell on one of the U.S. Navy’s scores of ballistic-missile-defense-capable Aegis destroyers or cruisers or fire it from an installation on land.
The U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Agency is installing $2-billion-apiece Aegis Ashore facilities in Romania and Poland. Japan was supposed to host an Aegis Ashore base but canceled it this year amid strong local opposition. For another $2 billion, the MDA could add an Aegis Ashore site on Guam.
The advantage of Aegis Ashore is that it’s cheaper than a destroyer is for a given amount of missile-defense coverage. Keeping two multi-billion-dollar Aegis warships on station around the clock would require at least four ships—and possibly as many as six—in order to allow for crews to rest and ships to spend time in port for repairs and refit.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet usually deploys around nine destroyers in the western Pacific. The fleet opposes devoting these ships to missile-defense patrols. The fleet already keeps four destroyers in Europe so that one or two can be on station in the event Iran lobs a ballistic missile in a westerly direction.
Those ships can’t really do anything else except steam in a circle ... and wait. “You have to be in a tiny little box to have a chance at intercepting that incoming missile,” Adm. John Richardson, then the chief of naval operations, said in 2018.
“We’ve got exquisite capability, but we’ve had ships protecting some pretty static assets on land for a decade,” Richardson said the following year. “If that [stationary] asset is going to be a long-term protected asset, then let’s build something on land and protect that and liberate these ships from this mission.”
Davidson clearly agrees with Richardson. But Congress decides whether the Pentagon gets a couple billion bucks to build an Aegis site on Guam.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/07/23/china-aims-missiles-at-americas-pacific-bomber-base-how-should-the-pentagon-defend-guam/#2b33ada29a51
 

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