The Palau head of state says the US armed forces is “reactivating” airstrips developed by the Japanese throughout World War II.
Surangel Whipps Jr validated that the US would certainly have complete accessibility to Palau under the regards to the Compact of Free Association in between both nations.
“Under the compact, the US has the ability to come in and use our ports, airports, set up bases, if they need to,” he claimed.
Whipps claimed of Palau’s 3 paths, US Marines are expanding among them, while the various other 2 can currently suit C-130 Hercules, a transportation airplane extensively made use of by the US armed forces.
“These were all runways that the Japanese used, so they are just basically just reactivating them,” Whipps claimed.
Whipps additionally explained the Compact Road, a public roadway developed by the US …