A new independent report says that U.S. airbases have been left worryingly vulnerable, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, by a lack of investment in new hardened aircraft shelters, or even ...

A think tank warns that the lack of hardened aircraft shelters at US bases in the Asia-Pacific and beyond could be a ...

For decades, the United States has relied on airpower and the qualitative superiority of its aircraft to gain an advantage ...

China has hardened and diversified its airfields and combat aircraft at a faster rate than the US and its allies, a new ...

China’s military capabilities, particularly its growing missile arsenal, have increased the need for the United States to ...

China has invested heavily in fortifying its airfields, the researchers said. Since the 2010s, the PLA has doubled its hardened aircraft shelters, made with reinforced concrete and steel, from 370 to ...

Both the numbers of Chinese hardened and non-hardened aircraft shelters have doubled as a result, with over 800 and more than 2,300 in service, respectively, the report concluded. Hardened ...