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Experts tell Congress China, North Korea pose growing missile, naval and cyber threats to U.S. Pacific territories
Summary
Panel experts before the House Natural Resources subcommittee described an expanding set of military capabilities in China and North Korea's arsenals and recommended hardening, dispersal and expanded missile defenses for U.S. facilities in the Central Pacific.
Experts testifying to the House Natural Resources subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs said Chinese and North Korean military capabilities increasingly threaten U.S. bases and populations in the Pacific territories and urged steps to harden and disperse U.S. facilities and improve regional missile defenses.
Dean Chang, a nonresident senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, described expanding Chinese naval, air and long-range missile capabilities and said U.S. planners cannot rely solely on Guam. "The DF 26 apparently…
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