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Navy to base majority of fleet in Pacific by 2020, Panetta says

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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.
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