Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 19, 2012 16:00:24 GMT -5
Looks like the Navy is looking to improve its capabilities in the Pacific, maybe prompted by recent activity over there. Anyone here with personal knowledge?
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- The U.S. Navy is stepping up its ocean surveillance capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, with new manned aircraft arriving within the next year and preparations for next-generation drones beginning as soon as October 2013.
The advanced aircraft likely will be welcomed by multiple U.S. allies in the region. China's increasingly assertive claims on much of the East China Sea and nearly all of the South China Sea -- including untapped energy reserves and vast fishing grounds -- have recently led nations with competing claims to at least consider asking the U.S. for more aerial surveillance
More about this increased capability here
If recent trends over territorial disputes in the east and south China seas continue, those diplomatic arrangements could involve multiple Pacific Rim nations.
Philippine and Chinese ships recently ended a two-month standoff over the uninhabited Scarborough Shoal. Much of the shoal is submerged at high tide, but its surrounding waters are frequented by Chinese fishing boats and surveillance ships, despite its location within the Philippines'' 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- The U.S. Navy is stepping up its ocean surveillance capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, with new manned aircraft arriving within the next year and preparations for next-generation drones beginning as soon as October 2013.
The advanced aircraft likely will be welcomed by multiple U.S. allies in the region. China's increasingly assertive claims on much of the East China Sea and nearly all of the South China Sea -- including untapped energy reserves and vast fishing grounds -- have recently led nations with competing claims to at least consider asking the U.S. for more aerial surveillance
More about this increased capability here
If recent trends over territorial disputes in the east and south China seas continue, those diplomatic arrangements could involve multiple Pacific Rim nations.
Philippine and Chinese ships recently ended a two-month standoff over the uninhabited Scarborough Shoal. Much of the shoal is submerged at high tide, but its surrounding waters are frequented by Chinese fishing boats and surveillance ships, despite its location within the Philippines'' 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone
