Chinese and North Korean missiles make Okinawa bases militarily obsolete

Evidence

Gradually, a growing number of military analysts have started to question the U.S. base presence in Okinawa—not on political or social grounds, but on purely military ones. The growing range and accuracy of Chinese and North Korean missiles have led many to conclude that bases so close to the Asian continent are so vulnerable to attack as to be of little value. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 880

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

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