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The United States Air Force is restoring the World War II (WWII) airfield from where the atomic bombings in Japan were launched.
This is in response to China’s growing influence.
Agence France-Presse Washington reported that the location will provide a “rapidly executable avenue to enhance infrastructure in the region.”
The statement came from a spokesperson who did not mention China directly.
Nevertheless, the project coincides with China’s continuing Southeast Asian expansion into the disputed waters.
France24 says the airbase restoration is part of a Pentagon strategy called Agile Combat Employment to open flexible military bases.
The site will operate outside the larger, long-standing installations in South Korea, Japan and the US island territory of Guam.
