#THREAD: #US #IndoPacific Command: Building an Aegis Ashore on #Guam Would ‘Free Up’ 3 Navy Destroyers from missile defense work & make them available for Navy tasking

Adm Phil Davidson made the case for building a homeland missile defense system on Guam
news.usni.org/2021/03/04/dav…
2) “We need to free up those destroyers, who have multi-mission capability to detect threats & finish threats under the sea, on the sea & above the sea, so they can move with mobile naval forces that they were designed to protect and provide their ballistic missile defense.”
3) The 360-degree defense system for Guam appeared on INDOPACOM’s list of investment priorities for both Fiscal Year 2021 & Fiscal Year 2022. USNI News recently reported that INDOPACOM is seeking $4.68 billion in FY 2022 for the recently established Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
4) “It’s return on investment,” Davidson said when arguing for the missile defense system.
“For the cost it takes to build that facility and flesh it out, I free up at least three ships in conflict and probably more ships in crisis.
5) The INDOPACOM chief emphasized that Guam’s current use of the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system paired with an Aegis destroyer is not sufficient to address the threat posed by China.

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