US Army deploys to Alaska island amid rise in Russian military activity

Deploying two HiMars launchers seems pretty irrelevant to the situation ….. unless the real goal was cold weather equipment testing. How about some cruise missiles, drones and anti-ship missiles.

Looking at the map does bring up some questions though: why do we maintain an air station on such a tiny island while closing the one on the much bigger island to the west? Is there a difference in the terrain, harborage, or weather?

Shadow Moses irl let's go