Ravenna site ideal one for missile defense

There is a reason Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike De-Wine, made mention of the idled GM Lordstown assembly plant in a letter urging the federal government to designate Camp James A. Garfield, formerly Camp Ravenna, a Continental United States Interceptor

DeWine is well aware that Democrats have wrapped the now silent 53-year-old car assembly complex around Republican President Donald Trump’s neck - and will continue to point the finger of blame at him through the 2020 presidential election . ... Trump came to the Valley just months after he was sworn in and promised to reopen the huge steel mills that once dotted the banks of the Mahoning River and to increase the number of auto manufacturing jobs by forcing American companies to close plants abroad. He has not kept those promises, which is why the governor, who has been in office since January, is making a pitch for the missile defense system at Camp Garfield . ... It is home to the Ohio Army National Guard. There are more than 100 employees and 1,800 reservists who train there . ... The project could have an economic impact of $3 billion to $4 billion, with an estimated 2,300 or so construction jobs and 850 full-time staff positions . ... In making the case for Ohio, the governor listed the following advantages: Ohio National Guard, which possesses one of the most experienced force of air defenders in the nation. Powerful aeronautical research at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center and surrounding universities and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Northeast Ohio’s workforce that’s eager and well-positioned to fill the 2,000-plus jobs. Using any objective measure, the installation in Ravenna is by far the best location for the missile defense system.