USS Fort Worth arrives in Singapore, to support US rebalance to Asia-Pacific

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USS Fort Worth arrives in Singapore, to support US rebalance to Asia-Pacific



SINGAPORE: -- After a brief stop in Jakarta, the USS Fort Worth, a combat ship of the United States Navy, arrived in Singapore on Monday morning, to begin about 15 months of operations in the Asia-Pacific, according to The Straits Times.

It is the second US Navy littoral combat ship (LCS) deployed in support of the Asia-Pacific rebalance, an initiative first announced by Singapore and the US at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2011.

The ship, which is used for operations in the littoral zone close to shore, arrived at Changi Naval Base, more than a month after leaving its home port in San Diego. It will operate as part of a 16-month rotational deployment to the US 7th Fleet, which conducts forward-deployed naval operations in the region.

The first LCS, the USS Freedom – the first of four such ships that Singapore has allowed to operate in its waters – completed an eight- month stint earlier this year.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/uss-fort-worth-arrives-singapore-support-us-rebalance-asia-pacific


-- Thai PBS 2014-12-30

[khwaibah]

I would like to think it will go out and help locate QZ8501.

Edited December 30, 2014 by khwaibah

[lovetotravel]

Might be here to help counter this?

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/12/329659.html

3 Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters around Senkakus

NAHA, Japan, Dec. 30, Kyodo

Three China Coast Guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for about two hours Tuesday, the Japan Coast Guard said.

China Coast Guard ships last entered the territorial waters on Dec. 23. Chinese government ships have been spotted intruding there on a total of 32 days since the beginning of this year.

A coast guard patrol ship issued a warning urging the ships, identified as the Haijing 2102, 2166 and 2401, to leave the waters. One of them responded that the islands are "inherent territory of China," according to the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.

[terryp]

No thanks . we dont need the war mongers in this part of the world an elite's war machine that is loosing its grip on western countrys after totally messing up all the middle east/ persia..now it wants to "try" and spook china , laughable (why not continue with your IS made project that your FED hard digital created QE $ went into..or is the plan to move IS into se asia now )

[maidee]

is there really any need for them to be there?

what gives them the right in the first place, they forgot this is not USA ? are they lost ?

[ggt]

Kinda like a playground bully...pulling out a gun to show everyone...

[waxon]

Kinda like a playground bully...pulling out a gun to show everyone...

You're talking about China. Right?

[Benmart]

is there really any need for them to be there?

what gives them the right in the first place, they forgot this is not USA ? are they lost ?

Many countries have been lost in the history. The need seems to be a joint Singaporean and US issue. I doubt asking this forum would produce the answer one is looking for.

[lovetotravel]

Funny how everybody is blaming the US when the aggression was actually started by China:

http://www.cfr.org/world/armed-clash-south-china-sea/p27883

The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have competing territorial and jurisdictional claims, particularly over rights to exploit the region's possibly extensive reserves of oil and gas. Freedom of navigation in the region is also a contentious issue, especially between the United States and China over the right of U.S. military vessels to operate in China's two-hundred-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These tensions are shaping—and being shaped by—rising apprehensions about the growth of China's military power and its regional intentions. China has embarked on a substantial modernization of its maritime paramilitary forces as well as naval capabilities to enforce its sovereignty and jurisdiction claims by force if necessary. At the same time, it is developing capabilities that would put U.S. forces in the region at risk in a conflict, thus potentially denying access to the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/chinas-dangerous-game/380789/

The country's intensifying efforts to redraw maritime borders have its neighbors, and the U.S., fearing war. But does the aggression reflect a government growing in power—or one facing a crisis of legitimacy?

http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/dont-blame-us-pivot-for-south-china-sea-row/

For example, China took the offensive in placing an oil rig in disputed waters with Vietnam, and trying to block the same resupplies the Philippines has been bringing to the Second Thomas Shoal for decades. Similarly, it is China that has stepped up patrols of disputed areas of the South China Sea, such as the Scarborough Shoal, and it is also Beijing that is building various fixtures on disputed islands it administers.

[rijb]

No thanks . we dont need the war mongers in this part of the world an elite's war machine that is loosing its grip on western countrys after totally messing up all the middle east/ persia..now it wants to "try" and spook china , laughable (why not continue with your IS made project that your FED hard digital created QE $ went into..or is the plan to move IS into se asia now )

It must be peaceful in your simple, black and white world.

[billd766]

is there really any need for them to be there?

what gives them the right in the first place, they forgot this is not USA ? are they lost ?

I guess that as they are based in Singapore that the Singapore government gave them the right to be there.

Of course if you believe that you know more or are more important than the Singapore government I suggest that you contact them and tell them so.

Edited December 31, 2014 by billd766

[Benmart]

is there really any need for them to be there?

what gives them the right in the first place, they forgot this is not USA ? are they lost ?

I guess that as they are based in Singapore that the Singapore government gave them the right to be there.

Of course if you believe that you know more or are more important than the Singapore government I suggest that you contact them and tell them so.

Agree.

Given a blank map, it may be a challenge for some to identify these countries or their major leaders on a photo lineup.