I wonder what the locals think of these missile sponges.
(other than the bar and brothel owners and the greased pols)

"Every single additional airfield that I can operate from is another in a contingency or crisis, or a conflict is another airfield that China has to put into their targeting folders and, and then allocate resources toward them, which dilutes their ability to shut us completely down," Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said last year.

Same principle different area.