Re: Satellite defense


"Christopher" <auem28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Providing the said ships/subs and aircraft are in the theater of
operations when the fun starts.



I just want to be clear on one point, that the US Navy
.....OWNS THE PACIFIC. There's no competition.


Some of the assets in the region are....

The Fifth Air Force twenty minutes away
in Japan, one of the largest air bases in the world
with some 20,000 Americans stationed there.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/5af.htm


And another wing at Misawa, Japan
http://www.misawa.af.mil/

The Marines have four squadrons in Japan
at the Marine Aircraft Group 12
http://www.1maw.usmc.mil/index.asp?unit='MAG-12'

There's a couple more wings in Korea at the
Seventh Air Force
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/7af.htm

And the 11th Air Force in Alaska
http://www.elmendorf.af.mil/11af/index.asp

And Don't forget the B-52's, B-1's and B-2's in Guam
and Diego Garcia
http://www.andersen.af.mil/
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/diego-garcia.htm



I think most people forget about the fact we have
six amphibious assault ships in the Pacific.
Each one is much like an aircraft carrier in scale
as each one is an invasion waiting to happen.


USS Boxer
http://www.boxer.navy.mil/

USS Tarawa
http://www.tarawa.navy.mil/mission.html

USS Essex
http://navysite.de/ships/lhd2.htm

USS Peleliu
http://www.peleliu.navy.mil/index.asp

USS Bonhomme Richard
http://www.lhd6.navy.mil/

USS Iwo Jima
http://www.iwo-jima.navy.mil/



And we've just completed building I think three of thirty
planned Virginia class attack submarines
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/nssn.htm

In addition to another 18 or so attack subs just in
the Pacific Fleet
http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn773.htm


And six pacific carriers of course.
http://www.cvn74.navy.mil/ships&squadrons.html


Plus Japan's air force, I doubt Japan could stay out of it
with China having to attack our forces in Japan to
have a chance. China barely outspends Great Britain.
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp#InContextUSMilitarySpendingVersusRestoftheWorld



Don't worry, be happy.


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