China Panic: The Mageshima island has become the US military base in the near South China Sea
The Japanese government plans to start construction of an airfield and other related facilities in fiscal 2022 on Kagoshima Prefecture’s Mageshima island, a planned site for the relocation of U.S. forces field carrier landing practice (FCLP) operations, government sources have said.
The construction work is expected to last three years and be completed by the end of fiscal 2024. The FCLP strip is expected to become operational as early as fiscal 2025 after an agreement is finalized between Japan and the United States.
