Guam is home to closest U.S. military base to the Chinese mainland
* The Pentagon revealed details of its review of global military posture on Monday
* Officials said they were deploying fighter and bomber planes to Australia
* And they announced that the base on Guam would be upgraded
* The island of Guam is the closest U.S. base to mainland China
* It is part of an effort to focus the U.S. military on the threat from Beijing
The Pentagon plans to improve its bases in Guam and Australia to counter the growing threat from China, officials announced on Monday, after a nine-month review of military resources around the world.
But they said that no major changes to the global U.S. military posture were needed and that they would not publish the overall findings.
The nine-month review was designed to coordinate the nation's massive military capabilities with the Biden administration’s strategic priorities, most notably responding to China’s growing assertiveness and its buildup of forces.
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