Does US Navy Need More Ships to Counter China? -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: The complexities of the United States diplomatic and military relationships with the People's Republic of China were on full view today as the U.S. Navy's leader said he does not need a bigger force to manage our presence in the western Pacific.
Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, told several hundred people that the Navy has roughly 50 ships in the western Pacific on any given day and that is enough. Greenert told the event, organized by the Center for New American Security, that there is no "big naval buildup in the Far East" and the nation's new heightened strategic focus on the Pacific won't affect actual operations.
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My Comment: While the US Navy is planning for scenarios with China like this one .... the US Navy's top officer is also blunt that overall numbers in troops and ships will not be increased in the Pacific region.
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