Multimillion-dollar upgrades to Navy and Air Force infrastructure on Guam will pave the way for the deployment of the some of the military’s most advanced ships and aircraft, as well as the relocation of thousands of U.S. Marines from Okinawa. The upgrades will elevate the tiny Pacific island into a maritime strategic hub, a key element laid out by the Pentagon in the Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy issued in August. Guam, which became an American territory in 1950, is prime real estate for the Defense Department because it’s the only strategic territory that the United States can claim within the time zone of Asia, said Patrick M. Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security...
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