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US Navy organizing a new Fleet covering the Indian and Pacific oceans
Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:12 UTC
The Secretary of the United States Navy has called for the establishment of a new fleet at the intersection of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. “We can’t just rely on the Seventh Fleet in Japan,” Kenneth Braithwaite said while addressing the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium, which was held virtually this year.
His remarks were reported in USNI News, the journal of the US Naval Institute. “We want to stand up a new numbered fleet,” he said. “And we want to put that numbered fleet in the crossroads between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans, and we’re really going to have an Indo-Pacom footprint.”
In 2018, the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) changed its name to Indo-Pacific Command or Indo-Pacom (USINDOPACOM). Currently, the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet, operating out of Japan, covers a vast oceanic expanse, all the way to the India-Pakistan border. An additional new fleet in the area would have obvious merits, analysts say.
The plan also comes as the US Navy embarks on an aggressive expansion of its ship and submarine strength over a 30-year horizon.
More:
https://en.mercopress.com/2020/11/19/us-navy-organizing-a-new-fleet-covering-the-indian-and-pacific-oceans
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142632130