Tiny, Historic Pacific Island a Model for US-China Confrontation

Pacific militarization heats up with US’s Tinian reclamation

By: Andy Wong Ming Jun

Tinian north: We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when

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…