Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | he Navy will shift 10 percent of its surface ships and submarines to the Pacific over the next eight years, moving toward a 60/40 split between the Pacific and Atlantic by 2020. That means six aircraft carriers, along with a majority of Navy cruisers, destroyers, Littoral Combat Ships and submarines, will be based in the Pacific region by the end of the decade -- including the LCSs that will be forward deployed to Singapore. Right now, the Navy's fleet is split roughly 50/50 between the Pacific and the Atlantic. |