WASHINGTON — Gen. Eric Smith, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, told Nikkei on Friday that a new unit established in November on the Japanese island of Okinawa is designed to “counter PRC [the People’s Republic of China] aggression” in order to protect Japan and others in geopolitically sensitive areas.
The U.S. military has reorganized its forces stationed in Japan, creating a new unit called the Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR), which is meant to come to the defense of remote islands quickly in the event of an attack.
“It’s designed to provide long-range sensing and long-range fire, using mobile missile batteries that are capable of striking adversaries’ ships in the strategic sea lines of communication,” Smith said in an interview in Washington, adding the unit’s purpose is “to protect the Japanese home islands, in order to protect the Philippines, in order to protect [South] Korea.”
This is as much offensive as it is defensive. More indications of a wider war brewing. Many signs including this is an election year. ABN
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