After NATO Summit, U.S. To Intensify Military Drive Into Asia

At the end of the same month Indian troops joined U.S. marines and sailors in Exercise Habu Nag 2010, the fifth annual bilateral U.S.-India amphibious training exercise with that codename, in the South China Sea off the coast of Okinawa. 

In October at least 3,000 U.S. troops participated in the nine-day Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011 in the Philippines. "The bilateral training exercise, conducted with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, is designed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and continue to build professional relationships between the two countries." [10]

At the beginning of the same month U.S. warships and troops joined 6,000 Australian soldiers and counterparts from New Zealand for Exercise Hamel in northeast Australia, described in the local press as "massive war games." [11]

Also in October, South Korea for the first time hosted a multinational military exercise with 14 members of the U.S.-created Proliferation Security Initiative, which included ships and military personnel from the U.S., Canada, France, Australia and Japan. 

U.S. marines "conducted urban training exercises" in Singapore on November 6. A Marine Corps lieutenant present "gave a short class on identifying danger areas in a combat environment" and "talked about isolating them by sight, or suppressive fire, and the importance of gaining footholds in enemy territories." [12]

 

 

Opening ceremony of Yudh Abhyas 2010

On November 14 the U.S. and Indian armies completed the 14-day Yudh Abhyas 2010 military exercise in Alaska. Last year's Yudh Abhyas featured the largest U.S.-India joint military maneuvers ever held.

100,000 American and another 50,000 NATO troops are fighting in the tenth year of their collective war in Afghanistan. The U.S. is escalating deadly drone missile strikes and NATO is increasing helicopter gunship raids in Pakistan.

The Pentagon has indeed marked this as its Asia-Pacific century.

   
1) U.S. Department of Defense, November 7, 2010
2) Business Insider, November 6, 2010
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   Obama, Gates And Clinton In Asia: U.S. Expands Military Build-Up In The East
   Stop NATO, November 7, 2010
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3) Russian Information Agency Novosti, November 13, 2010
4) U.S. Supports Japan, Confronts China And Russia Over Island Disputes
    Stop NATO, November 4, 2010
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5) Deutsche Presse-Agentur, November 13, 2010
6) The White House, November 13, 2010
    Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Kan of Japan in
    Statements to the Press in Yokohama, Japan
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7) Stars and Stripes, November 14, 2010
8) Australian Government
   Department of Defence
   June 24, 2010
9) U.S.-China Crisis: Beyond Words To Confrontation
    Stop NATO, August 17, 2010
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10) U.S. Marine Corps, October 22, 2010
11) Australian Broadcasting Company, October 4, 2010
12) U.S. Marine Corps, November 9, 2010

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