US to build £8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam
US News • 10/25/10 8:13:58 pm • Views: 594
The expansion will include a dock for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a missile defence system, live-fire training sites and the expansion of the island’s airbase. It will be the largest investment in a military base in the western Pacific since the Second World War, and the biggest spend on naval infrastructure in decades.
However, Guam residents fear the build-up could hurt their ecosystem and tourism-dependent economy. [ed: Like a Chinese onslaught wouldn’t bother them at all….]