Defense or Nuclear Power?

Satellites reconnaissance detects Eagle

The Pacific Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Johnston Island Recovery Operations Center, and Wake Island has served man well, specifically their territorial possessor, the U.S. Reports of plutonium pollution, failed nuclear missile launches, biological warfare test site, chemical weapon storage also make sites idea for nuclear power reactors.

Japan no longer an adversary for the West, targeting from the Pacific may point to North Korea, China, and Russia. Islands are strategically located for testing new or legacy battle command ballistic missile defense and weapons systems like the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Wake Island Airfield is ideally positioned for Navy and Air Force operations for when the “Eagle has landed.”

Image Source: Missile Defense Agency