Tiny, Historic Pacific Island a Model for US-China Confrontation
Pacific militarization heats up with US’s Tinian reclamation
By: Andy Wong Ming Jun
The US military is returning to the tiny island of Tinian, from which the B-29 Superfortress piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets lifted off on August 6, 1945, to visit nuclear holocaust on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In a bid to mitigate Chinese missile threats against i…
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