With no allies in the region ready to welcome US missiles , Washington should encourage Japan ’s rearmament instead, new report says None of the US allies in the Pacific are currently willing to host intermediate - range missiles , according to a new report from RAND Corporation, a think tank tasked with developing strategies for the Pentagon. Instead, advises its author, Washington should encourage Japan to develop its own arsenal of missiles to threaten Chinese ships. Days after the United States withdrew from the Intermediate - Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in August 2019, the Pentagon revealed it was...