Wake Island: The Most Important Pacific Island You Never Heard Of
In the event of a war in the Pacific, Wake Island would be the last American outpost able to get bombers into the air and keep fighters alongside them fueled up and ready to go.
Here s What You Need to remember: Today, Wake Island remains one of the most remote islands in the world, protected by miles and miles of open ocean. The rocky outpost has been modified extensively since World War II and hosts a nearly ten-thousand-foot-long runway, which can accommodate all aircraft currently in United States service.
Posted : 2021-04-29 17:25 By Troy Stangarone
Last month, Hyundai Motor announced its plans to address its declining market share in China. A shift in Chinese consumer preferences toward SUVs, together with retaliation for the deployment of THAAD, resulted in a decline in the automaker s sales from 1.14 million vehicles in 2016, to less than 686,000 in 2019.
For much of the last two decades, China has been one of the world s most promising markets. Initially firms looked to China as a source for production. Since 2000, South Korean firms have set up nearly 23,500 operations in China to produce goods for sale in the global market or domestically in China.
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Watchdog expresses concern over using US Navy interceptor for homeland missile defense 7 hours ago Can the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor be upgraded to counter evolving ICBM threats to the U.S. homeland without breaking the bank? The Government Accountability Office is unsure. (Ryan Keith/U.S. Army) In a report released this week, the GAO said the SM-3 Block IIA could “introduce considerable cost, schedule, and performance uncertainty to a program that has just entered initial production.” The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, system provides homeland defense against possible ICBM threats from North Korea and Iran, but the Missile Defense Agency has proposed using SM-3 Block IIA missiles as well as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems as part of an underlay to cover possible gaps in homeland defense as threats continue to evolve.
Posted : 2021-04-29 17:25 By Troy Stangarone
Last month, Hyundai Motor announced its plans to address its declining market share in China. A shift in Chinese consumer preferences toward SUVs, together with retaliation for the deployment of THAAD, resulted in a decline in the automaker s sales from 1.14 million vehicles in 2016, to less than 686,000 in 2019.
For much of the last two decades, China has been one of the world s most promising markets. Initially firms looked to China as a source for production. Since 2000, South Korean firms have set up nearly 23,500 operations in China to produce goods for sale in the global market or domestically in China.