U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension
... on fixed land-based, sea-based, and mobile land-based components. Back in 2012, a number of U.S. policymakers mentioned the Pentagon’s desire to create a broad regional missile defense infrastructure in Asia Pacific to meet the country’s unique nuclear deterrence needs [ 5 ]. Notably, no country of East Asia, in whole or in part, has ever expressed its intentions to unprovokedly attack American bases, much less the territory of the United States. Pyongyang’s statements about “striking a crushing blow to the capital of the enemy” stand somewhat ...
08.05.2024