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In a move with clear strategic implications, a Chinese state-owned company has begun rebuilding a World War II-era airfield ...
The remote island paradise of Guam -- a 210-square-mile blot of land ... white beaches, and near-perfect temperatures, has long been an important strategic U.S. military outpost.
Below-normal tropical cyclone (TC) activity is forecast for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands; and ...
Fire danger remains high on Guam, while quiet conditions have returned for much of Micronesia and the Marianas, according to ...
The storm is bringing "destructive winds, a life-threatening storm surge and torrential rain" to the island, NOAA said. Maximum wave heights of more than 40 feet were recorded near Guam amid the ...
Last week, Nimitz was dispatched to aid civil authorities if requested in a defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) mission after Super Typhoon Mawar passed near Guam with winds of up to 140 ...
HOW DID GUAM BECOME A U.S. TERRITORY? Magellan Point near the southeastern island village of Umatac marks the spot where the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, sailing under the Spanish flag ...
The Pentagon is moving ahead with new radar systems in the South Pacific in response to the growing threat of Chinese missile strikes against the major U.S. military hub on the Pacific island of Guam.
Rainfall on the island could accumulate to as much as 20 inches, while storm surge is forecast to reach as high as 25 feet. Mawar was already producing waves up to 45 feet in the ocean near Guam ...
Neither China nor Russia mentioned any approach near Guam, but the distance of the patrol suggested their warships could have reached the island's surrounding waters. Guam is the U.S.'s ...