USA vs. China

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Restaurierung bzw. Wiedernutzbarmachung von alten US-Basen aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg auf den Marianen. (Und nein - nur für den Fall, dass es angenommen werden würde -, es war nicht Pete, der da seit einigen Wochen mit dem Klappspaten aktiv ist, sondern die Maßnahmen haben schon vor 2-3 Jahren begonnen.)

Massive WWII B-29 Bomber Base Fully Reclaimed For Future Pacific Fight

Satellite imagery shows the dramatic restoration of Tinian Island's historic North Field, a site that also presents targeting challenges for China. [...]

Satellite imagery shows the extent of the massive amount of work that has been done in the past year to restore more than 20 million square feet of runways and other World War II-era infrastructure at historic North Field on the U.S. island of Tinian in the Western Pacific. [...] The facility has been refurbished to again offer a critical power projection node with its original grid-like layout presenting targeting challenges for a modern opponent, all of which could be especially valuable in a future high-end fight in the region against China. [...] Additional satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows the ongoing work to expand Tinian International Airport further to the south of North Field, which is also to support U.S. military operations in the region. [...]

Tinian is one of the 14 islands that comprise the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It is situated in the Western Pacific some 120 miles northeast of Guam, which is another U.S. territory, but is not part of the CNMI. [...]

At the height of operations in 1945, North Field had four 8,500-foot-long runways and associated taxiways, ramp space for more than 500 B-29s, and other facilities to support the approximately 40,000 personnel stationed at the base, according to the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). U.S. Navy construction battalions, better known as Seabees, led the work to enlarge what had been a far smaller Japanese airfield following the island’s capture in 1944.

https://www.twz.com/air/massive-wwii-b-2...ific-fight

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