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Missile Defense for Guam Needed to Improve Deterrence in the Indo–Pacific

For three years, air and missile defense for Guam has appeared on U.S. Indo–Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) list of unfunded priorities, yet efforts to begin work on this project have not progressed. ....

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Missile Defense for Guam Needed to Improve Deterrence in the Indo–Pacific

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For three years, air and missile defense for Guam has appeared on U.S. Indo–Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) list of unfunded priorities, yet efforts to begin work on this project have not progressed.REF Both former and current INDOPACOM commanders have stressed the importance of Guam’s strategic location in great-power competition with China, whose offensive capabilities that threaten Guam continue to improve.
Yet despite this rapidly growing threat, the Department of Defense (DOD) has deferred committing to any specific system to build on Guam, and instead continues to study the problem. To deter the Chinese threat, the DOD should commit to a phased approach toward missile defense for Guam, initially deploying an Aegis Ashore system (the most feasible and realistic system for timely deployment that meets INDOPACOM’s requirements), while initiating an effort to incrementally improve the system with additional sensors and shooters. Congress should pr ....

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