Not so fast on those military base closings
June 21, 2017 - 9:00 pm
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.