Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments

Abstract

The U.S. military is building up forces on the U.S. territory of Guam to maintain deterrence and warfighting capabilities for possible responses to crises and disasters, counterterrorism, and contingencies in support of South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, or elsewhere in Asia. At the same time, U.S. policies seek a peaceful resolution of the crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs and cooperative ties with China and other countries. Guam's role has increased with plans to withdraw some U.S. forces from Japan and South Korea. The purpose of this CRS Report is to discuss developments and issues in Guam's defense build-up in terms of policy considerations, rather than budgetary issues. This CRS Report will not be updated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 16, 2007
Accession Number
ADA478786

Entities

People

  • Larry Niksch
  • Shirley Kan

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Counterterrorism
  • Deployment
  • National Security
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Navy
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Security
  • South Korea
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies