
The Defense Department plans to enlarge its submarine operating capability from Guam in the coming decade to help counter China’s growing naval capabilities, the head of U.S. submarines in the Pacific said recently. “Over the next five to 10 years we're going to expand our submarine operating capability from Guam to optimize our presence in the Western Pacific for warfighting capacity,’ Rear Adm. Jeffrey Jablon, commander of Submarine Force under the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said during the annual Naval Submarine…