Us Marine Pacific Shift
SHIFT OF US MARINE PRIORITIES FROM ATLANTIC TO ASIA PACIFIC REGION – IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN
INTRODUCTION
1. As per the new global strategy of American imperialism, the United States will deploy the majority of its naval forces to the Asia-Pacific region over the next decade, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced in a speech to a security conference in Singapore on june 2012. The move is part of a major shift in the global strategy of American imperialism that puts China at the top of the US target list.
2. The mobilization of warships will be accompanied by an increase in the number of military exercises conducted by the Pentagon in the region, involving air, sea and land forces. Most will be carried out in conjunction with countries that are openly or tactically allied with the US against China, including Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines.
BACKGROUND
3. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was on a nine-day tour of Asia which included visits to Singapore, Vietnam, India and Afghanistan. On 31st May, Leon Panetta disclosed the naval plans in an address to an annual international security conference in Singapore. He emphasized that USA is moving away from the Cold War strategy where you build permanent bases and basically impose our power on the region. USA would be moving toward an innovative and creative relationship. He highlighted that the future U.S. presence in Asia would look very different than the deployments of decades past and he clarified that the USA is not trying to contain China in any regard and rejected that view entirely. The efforts to renew and intensify the involvement in Asia are fully compatible keeping in view the development and growth of China.
US NAVY – BACKGROUND AND PRESENT MARITIME STRATEGY
4. US Navy is larger then the next 13 largest navies combined in terms of battle fleet tonnage The U.S. Navy also has the world 's largest carrier fleet, with 10 in service, one under construction (two
INTRODUCTION
1. As per the new global strategy of American imperialism, the United States will deploy the majority of its naval forces to the Asia-Pacific region over the next decade, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced in a speech to a security conference in Singapore on june 2012. The move is part of a major shift in the global strategy of American imperialism that puts China at the top of the US target list.
2. The mobilization of warships will be accompanied by an increase in the number of military exercises conducted by the Pentagon in the region, involving air, sea and land forces. Most will be carried out in conjunction with countries that are openly or tactically allied with the US against China, including Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines.
BACKGROUND
3. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was on a nine-day tour of Asia which included visits to Singapore, Vietnam, India and Afghanistan. On 31st May, Leon Panetta disclosed the naval plans in an address to an annual international security conference in Singapore. He emphasized that USA is moving away from the Cold War strategy where you build permanent bases and basically impose our power on the region. USA would be moving toward an innovative and creative relationship. He highlighted that the future U.S. presence in Asia would look very different than the deployments of decades past and he clarified that the USA is not trying to contain China in any regard and rejected that view entirely. The efforts to renew and intensify the involvement in Asia are fully compatible keeping in view the development and growth of China.
US NAVY – BACKGROUND AND PRESENT MARITIME STRATEGY
4. US Navy is larger then the next 13 largest navies combined in terms of battle fleet tonnage The U.S. Navy also has the world 's largest carrier fleet, with 10 in service, one under construction (two
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