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Not so fast on those military base closings

Your Friday editorial arguing for another round of U.S. military base closings is probably shortsighted. The California-Oregon-Washington coastline is about 1,300 miles long. It’s not too difficult to visualize a Chinese navy fleet of 130 ships positioned about 10 miles apart each with an invasion force. The defenses along the coast need to be strong.

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