Following the demise of the Soviet Union, the United States was struggling with analyzing its new security situation and foreign challenges. James Woolsey, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, said that, “We have slain a large dragon. But now we live in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.” In listing […]
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1991 CINCPAC China Assessment
Most China-related portions of the 1991 CINCPAC history remain classified, but U.S.-China relations appeared to continue at their low level from the late-1980s. CINCPAC’s Pacific Command Strategic included the following objectives for Northeast Asia with specific relevance for China: Maintain open channels with China to allow for renewal of a military relationship as political climate […]
Nuclear Strike Training and Nuclear Certification at Kunsan Air Base in 1991
This excerpt from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing history for the period January-June 1991 shows how U.S. pilots stationed at Kunsan Air Base underwent nuclear weapons and other fighter-bomber strike training. The document also describes that the weapons division at the base passed special Air Force training and inspections to be certified to store and […]
1984 CINCPAC China Assessment
China’s positive status in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives was further enhanced in 1984. CINCPAC stated that he “appreciated the very important regional and global role” played by China in deterring Vietnamese aggression and countering Soviet power in the Pacific. About half of Vietnam’s forces were tied down along the Chinese border and approximately […]