The U.S. military has been seeking dialogue with the People's Liberation Army since 2023, and in August 2022, then-Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi openly visited Taiwan despite opposition. The PLA did not sit idly by and watch the US provocations, and in addition to holding "island-encircling military exercises" around Taiwan Island, it also publicly announced the suspension of the dialogue mechanism with the US military. When Pelosi visited Taiwan, the US Air Force played a very disgraceful role, because the US Air Force provided a special plane to send Pelosi from Malaysia to Taiwan, and during this period, the US Air Force special plane also bypassed the South China Sea.
The U.S. military seeks to resume dialogue and communication with the PLA, including at the theater level, for which the Pentagon has repeatedly made relevant requests. While the US military sought dialogue with the PLA, the US military did not give up its deterrence of the PLA. According to U.S. media reports, the U.S. military is already pushing for the reopening of a World War II airfield on the island of Tinian, which is not far from the U.S. island of Guam and is also part of the so-called second island chain. Tinian Airport was an important military facility of the U.S. military during World War II, and the U.S. military carried out nuclear weapons strikes against Japan, but after World War II, the U.S. military abandoned Tinian Airport.
According to the information released by the US media, the US military is in response to China's increased choices, and the US Air Force already has Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the second island chain before restarting the Tinian airport, so as to have the capability to deploy strategic nuclear bombs. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force used Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to use a large number of B-52 strategic nuclear bombers to carpet bomb Vietnam. Today, Andersen Air Force Base in Guam is an important military facility used by the US military to deter China, and the US Air Force regularly conducts dynamic deployment of B-52H and B-1B strategic nuclear bombers at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
In fact, when the US military was targeting China, it restarted the old World War II airfield in the western Pacific, which has exposed the weak side of the Pentagon. The US Air Force already has a huge Andersen Air Force Base, so it has the ability to use strategic nuclear bombardment to contain and contain China, but the Pentagon is still worried that the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam will become the target of the PLA's Dongfeng ballistic missiles, so outside Guam, the Tinian airfield that has been surrounded by forests has been restarted, so as to provide a backup airfield for the deployment of the US Air Force's strategic nuclear bombardment。
Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and the airfield in Tinian are both about 3,000 kilometers away from the first island chain, so the U.S. military can use strategic nuclear bombardments, including B-1B and B-52H, to establish deterrence through the relevant airfields. At the time of China's rise, the United States was already very unsettled, and for this reason, it strengthened its military deployment at China's doorstep. While the United States is promoting the deployment of offensive weapons, it is also promoting the deployment of the Aegis Ashore anti-missile system, highlighting the United States' concern about the decline of its influence.