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| U.S. to Shift Aircraft Carrier to Pacific |
| 2014-01-17 |
| The U.S. Navy will dispatch a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Fleet, it said Wednesday, and replace the USS George Washington at a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan with the newer USS Ronald Reagan next year. The move is part of President Barack Obama's "Pivot to Asia" policy and aimed at containing China's naval expansion in the region. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be moved from its base in Norfolk, Virginia to San Diego, California to be incorporated into the Third Fleet, which covers the eastern and northern Pacific. The Roosevelt, commissioned in 1986, is a Nimitz-class carrier with a loaded displacement of 117,200 tons capable of carrying 90 aircraft. The U.S. currently has 10 aircraft carriers in active service, five in the Pacific and five in the Atlantic, but the move will shift the weight. "The security environment in the Indo-Asia-Pacific requires that the U.S. Navy station the most capable ships forward," the U.S. Navy said. The USS Gerald Ford, currently under construction, will also be commissioned in 2016 to join the Pacific Fleet. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Wow doesn't seem possible the "Big Stick" is already 27 years old. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-17 15:06 |
| #1 D *** NG IT, THE USDOD-NAVY CAN'T DO THAT - THE NOKORS + THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON HAVE DEV AN "UNDERSTANDING" = CLEAR + SENSITIVE LOVING RELATIONSHIP! LOL. * WORLD NEWS > [HuffPo] CHINA NEEDS TO DECIDE WHAT IT WANTS TO BE. Yuuuppp. Pro-US versus Anti-US, "Mahanist" versus non-"Mahanist", "Manifest Destiny" or None = Delayed/Amended "Manifest Destiny", OWG Global "Co-Superpower" or "Major/Great Power", Taiwan Reunification versus Taiwan Independence ... ... VERSUS * FREEREPUBLIC, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PLA MOBILIZES 100,000 TROOPS FOR NORTH KOREAN BORDER EXERCISE [any poten Peninsular Crisis]. IIRC FREEP BLOGGER = repor as per CHOSUN ILBO that Pudgy = KJU considers the YALU RIVER as a MILITARY/STRATEGIC FRONT FOR NORTH KOREA AGZ AN [Un-named] "FOREIGN POWER", IHO MOST LIKELY DPRK OVERLORD CHINA??? * TOPIX, DRUDGEREPORT > CHINA NOW OWNS A RECORD US$1.317TRILYUHN OF US DEBT. US Ally JAPAN has also repor increased its share of same - looks like alleged Marxist-Anarchist-Globalist, "Red-line" loving POTUS Bammer is gonna have to choose. D *** NG IT PART II, "HIGHLANDER" MOVIE = "THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE"! * SAME > BRITISH DEFENCE ANALYST CALLS/BLAMES OBAMA MILITARY, FOREIGN POLICIES AS "CLUELESS". The Bammer is a College/University graduate + a trained Lawyer - IMO its a stretch = fallacy? to say he doesn't know what he's doing andor that he hasn't weighed or considered the consequences of his actions, or in altern his inactions. RELATED VOICE OF RUSSIA > UK LOSES ITS ABILITY TO BE A "FULL PARTNER" TO THE US DUE TO MILITARY SPENDING CUTS - FORMER [US]DEFENSE SECRETARY [Robert Gates]. IOW, IIUC the Bammer = USA may find itself all alone, i.e. widout reliable ally the UK = NATO-EU?, IFF YOU-KNOW-WHAT-HITS-THE-FAN VEE CHINA- VS-JAPAN/PHIL/EVERYBODY IN EAST ASIA INCLUD INDIA??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-01-17 00:48 |