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| US to move the majority of its naval fleet to Asia |
| 2012-06-02 |
| The United States will move the majority of its war ships to the Pacific Ocean as part of a strategy of boosting links with its Asian allies, Leon Panetta, the American defence secretary, has announced. Speaking in Singapore, Mr Panetta said the shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific would take place by 2020, at the same time as military cooperation with nations including Vietnam and the Philippines was enhanced. At present, around half of all US war ships are in the Atlantic, and the shift is being seen as part of what President Barack Obama has described as a “pivot” towards Asia in American foreign policy. Some Asian critics had questioned whether the White House would find the money to make good on its commitments to the region. But Mr Panetta told an audience of military chiefs and defence officials: “By 2020 the Navy will reposture its forces from today's roughly 50-50 split from the Pacific and Atlantic to a 60-40 split in those oceans. “We will also invest - invest in cyber, invest in space, invest in unmanned systems, invest in special forces operations. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 The USDOD-Navy should watch + learn from Queen Liz's upcoming Diamond Jubilee, i.e. the traditional Spithead all-Royal Navy Review, OR IN 2012 THE POSSIBLE LACK OF ONE. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Telegraph.UK] DIAMOND JUBILEE: THE QUEEN NO LONGER RULES THE WAVES. UK Perts are nervousy twitchy oer how big the Spithead Naval Review may, or may not be, for Queen Liz this year. BRITISH GRAND/HOME FLEET = POST-COLD WAR, POST 9-11 ARE-YOU-BRITS-SURE-ITS-A-GRAND-SQUADRON, + STILL GETTING SMALLER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-02 23:39 |
| #7 FYI CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Book] A DRONE-EAT-DRONE WORLD, of the near? future. Air-sea Drone "Hunter-Killers" prowl in search of wily dastardly Enemy Drone Units or Forces. DRONE WAR OR NO DRONE WAR, STILL NEED PROTECTION FROM GWCC = THE SUN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-02 22:59 |
| #6 "From the Atlantic to the Pacific" > Despite the UK's budget troubles + EuroDollar Crises, the USDOD must have faith in the UK + NATO-EU, to include the revamped Russian Mediterranean, Black Sea Fleets, etc. to "hold the line" in the Med + Atlantic. AFAIK the USDOD = US GOVT. is still forecasting no major wars in the World thru at least Year 2050 iff not Year 2100, only minor conflicts + UN-led "Police/Peacekeeping/Humanitarian Actions" [OWG-NWO = "Globalism" centric]. THIS LEAVES THE USDOD TO FOCUS ON SPACE TECHS, INCLUD BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR-LED GWCC + "LAND/SEA CHANGES" ON USN SHIPS + PROPOSED "GLOBAL TASK FORCE" ["1000-Flag OWG Navy" = pre-Fed Starfleet Command]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-02 22:42 |
| #5 Considering this realignment is about 15 years overdue... One thing the Obama administration got right. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-06-02 20:41 |
| #4 Change of home ports. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-06-02 18:48 |
| #3 Kinda like the "old days". The more things change, the more they stay the same. That be where the action is. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2012-06-02 18:44 |
| #2 Change of home ports or just differnt deployments? a change of home port is spendy, and thanks to BRAC there isn't a lot of capacity on either coast to absorb more ships. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2012-06-02 17:35 |
| #1 What says Admiral James Richardson? "Sooner or later the Japanese will commit an overt act against the United States and the nation will be willing to enter the war." President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-06-02 16:58 |