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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Shifted U.S. warships in the Pacific


The United States will move in the coming years, the majority of their warships in the Asia-Pacific region.Six aircraft carriers should ultimately be in the region, U.S. Secretary of Defense announced Leon Panetta on a security forum in Singapore. Currently, there are half of all American warships in the Asia-Pacific, 2020, the proportion rising to 60 percent. Strengthening its presence in the region and an in-depth cooperation with States there are an expression of a "permanent and well thought out" endeavor, the U.S. role in an important area for their future build. Alliances with Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia are of great importance to the U.S., Panetta said at the beginning of his seven-day trip through the region. They want to increase the number of joint military exercises. The relocation of the naval forces is part of a new military strategy that had presented the U.S. President Barack Obama in January. Washington looks on with concern the military rise of China , the rearmed in recent years, particularly its navy. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua warned after the announcement of Panetta, in the region, "waves to beat." The Pentagon chief insisted, however, the U.S. did not want to provoke China. There is for both countries "no alternative" as a military cooperation.

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