U.S. lacks Asian logistics support for armed conflict: Pentagon

Watching Russian setbacks in Ukraine, Washington eyes expanded fuel storage in Japan

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The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd receives fuel from the Military Sealift Command replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe in the Pacific Ocean in 2020. (U.S. Navy photo via Reuters)

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Defense believes that American forces lack sufficient logistics capabilities in Asia to refuel and rearm in the event of an armed conflict in the region, a document reveals.

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