Both Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands need to have such a capability to be protected, he said.
“It's an important statement for the United States … to have an integrated air-and-missile defense capability station right there in Guam,” he said.
Davidson noted that China earlier this year tested two new anti-ship ballistic missiles — the DF-26 and DF-21D — against a moving vessel. The missiles have been called “carrier-killers” by some, but Davidson pushed back on the term.
“We've known for years that they were in pursuit of a capability that could attack moving targets,” he said. “I don't use the term 'carrier-killer,' and I don't think others should because it indicates that the Chinese are targeting a specific asset. Trust me, they're targeting everything.”
On the missiles, we need to break apart the kill chain. And more bases to dilute the Chinese missile offensive would be good, too.
And the missiles are a problem for India, too.
