tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post6671717821250446555..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: Preparing for warPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-72223542398754733202012-06-02T02:32:44.255+00:002012-06-02T02:32:44.255+00:00The United States will keep six aircraft carriers ...The United States will keep six aircraft carriers in the Asia-Pacific. United States also would work to increase the number and size of bilateral and multilateral training exercises it conducts in the region. Officials said last year the United States carried out 172 such exercises in the region.<br />http://news.yahoo.com/more-u-warships-asia-pacific-under-strategy-panetta-010154453.htmlajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-26673438751791397342011-09-01T06:02:43.621+00:002011-09-01T06:02:43.621+00:00http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/883003ec-d3f6-11e0-...http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/883003ec-d3f6-11e0-b7eb-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Wg51zjje<br />A Chinese warship confronted an Indian navy vessel shortly after it left Vietnamese waters in late July in the first such reported encounter between the two countries’ navies in the South China Sea. The unidentified Chinese warship demanded that India’s INS Airavat, an amphibious assault vessel, identify itself and explain its presence in international waters shortly after it completed a scheduled port call in Vietnam<br /><br /><br />http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/aab96b50-232b-11e0-b6a3-00144feab49a.html#axzz1WR7IlqIE<br />Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, said there was “no question” China was trying to build capability to restrict access to the waters around Taiwan and beyond. “They clearly want to assure operational space around the mainland and the areas they consider to be vital and important, whether militarily or economically, and that’s the force I see being developed,” he said. “And as I deal with my navy, I don’t want to be denied options.”ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com