Recently, an agreement between the United States and Australia, the United States in the north or north-east Australia invested tens of millions of dollars to build a permanent military training center for U.S. and Australian sea and air forces to conduct all-round training. Meanwhile, the U.S. also intends to increase its military presence in Australia. By then, the number of U.S. troops in Australia will be the first to reach the largest after the Vietnam War.
"Southern anchor" has finally come in handy
After World War II,sunglasses hut in order to contain communism and the "proliferation", Australia from the east, into the arms of the West. Cold start soon, Australia or the United States established military alliance, the United States and the Soviet Union became a pawn for world hegemony. Australia and Japan was then the international community to support the United States west of the Pacific known as the "hand" and "South anchor" and "North anchor."
After the Cold War, with the collapse of the bipolar structure of Australia's position in the U.S. global strategy "weakened." As the post-Cold War national interests of all countries to give top priority to develop its own foreign policy, began to return to the Orient, Australia, actively involved in the affairs of the Asia-Pacific region. With the United States, Europe and Asia strategic center of gravity eastward, Australia followed footsteps of U.S. strategy. In Afghanistan and Iraq, Australia will send a large number of troops to "show" concern for the Asia-Pacific affairs, hoping to raise its international status and weight in the Asia-Pacific affairs.
Since last May 1 the United States announced its end of major combat in Iraq since the U.S. began to focus on its global strategy to west Pacific regions, increasing the scale of the Western Pacific, the garrison, and adjust the deployment of troops in the Western Pacific region of the state. As the U.S. military was forced to withdraw military bases from the Philippines, the United States lost in the Southwest Pacific region an important base for Australia's military role in beginning to show. Therefore, the United States and Australia the two hit it off: Australia wants the United States the "potential" to "leap on" The U.S. is Australia would like to take the "location" and to create a U.S. military "global mobile operations," a sunglasses 2010"point of departure." Not hard to imagine, Australia Zhezhi Cold War, "South anchor" will be enabled.
Strengthen the "anchor hook," construction
During the Cold War, the world's social system and ideology is artificially divided into two camps, the United States that its rival is only one, that the Soviet-led Eastern bloc. After the Cold War, with the rapid development of globalization, countries of the "fusion" to speed up, showing "you have me, I have you," the state has not been divided into "camps", the United States the world's number one superpower can not clearly distinguish which countries are the "enemy", which country is "Friends." In order to maintain its global dominance in the 21st century, the United States to promote its national interests if the standard during the Cold War began to divide the country "enemy" and "friendly" approach to adjust for the classification of countries in various fields, "competitors" and " non-competitors ", and strive to beat our competitors in key areas, to seize the initiative, the specific performance of the strategic ability in various fields of competition.
A nation's strategic capability is the country's international competitiveness is an important symbol has, or that the strength of competition for dominance. Looking at the actions of the United States since the Cold War can be seen, the United States is under the strategic ability to power the world into a similar national or international organizations, the strength of non-similar countries or international organizations, power can not be compared with the national or international organizations three categories. The first category includes Russia, Germany, France, Britain, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; the second category, including Iraq, Iran, Libya and other countries; third category, including Liberia, Haiti Oakley Sunglassesand other countries. The situation of a terrorist organization by the United States as its strength is sub-classified into the second class or third class. It can be seen, the United States, "opponent" will throughout the world.
Face around the world, "adversary", the United States have a certain "fundamentals" to deal with. First, the U.S. ability to quickly maneuver around the globe. Currently, the U.S. Army have 4 days to a light brigade, will be a division within 12 days, 30 days will be two divisions sent overseas investment and capacity in areas of conflict; the Air Force has seven days to two air wings, 30 days to 6 pieces of wing and bomb the ability of overseas conflict areas; Navy in 1 to 2 days to one aircraft carrier battle group, 7 days to two aircraft carrier battle group, 30 days to four aircraft carrier battle group sent abroad to vote in areas of conflict capacity. Second is to increase the reaction rate, the U.S. military has established a land-based global maritime pre-pre-storage and network equipment and material. Currently, the U.S. military ships at sea were 13 presets, full tonnage of nearly 62 million tons, up into three squadrons were deployed in Guam, Diego Garcia and the Atlantic Ocean. These pre-orders ship within 7 days after receiving to reach the designated place. Can be said that since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. "global reach" building effect has been made. During the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers sent from the local take-off, after the bombing of terrorist camps in Afghanistan to fly back without landing.
With the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq, the U.S. military will "focus" targeting the Asia Pacific region,POLICE Sunglasses especially in the Western Pacific region. The United States believes there are many in the region of its "concern." To tackle these problems, the United States on Guam, Okinawa, Japan and Australia, more and more attention. Even with global mobility, the U.S. military is still feeling its mobile operations in the western Pacific system is not perfect. Therefore, the U.S. military strong mobile combat the West Pacific Region System. Recently, the United States to enhance the strength of Guam, senior military officers constantly emphasized the importance of Guam's strategic position. Guam in the U.S. position in global mobile operations become increasingly prominent. Guam will become a "second home continent" in the global implementation of its mobile operations, particularly in the Western Pacific region to implement mobile operations, "Departure."
Attention to the Western Pacific, Guam, the U.S. military in "second home continent" construction, but also attach importance to "anchor hook" construction. Northern Okinawa, Japan, the United States has been locked. U.S. military plans to withdraw from most of South Korea's deployment of troops in Okinawa, and to strengthen the island's "strategic response capability" building. In the southern United States to find in Australia to establish an "anchor hook." U.S. seeks through these two "anchor hook" to maintain U.S. forces in the Western Pacific region to implement mobile operations, "departure" of stability.
Control of the Straits of Malacca
Australia, the United States enabled the "southern anchor" is another attempt to control the Strait of Malacca.
Surface of the earth we live most of the ocean, ocean about 71% of the earth's surface. It is estimated that worldwide there are around 1 / 3 of the population lives in coastal areas; in less than 200 kilometers from the coast of land area, concentrated around the world 1 / 2 or more of the population; more than PRADA Sunglasses200 million people worldwide over the city , 3 / 4, concentrated in the region; in more than 400 million people in more than 300 large cities, 80% concentrated in the area. States foreign trade, especially import and export of oil, mostly achieved through the ocean channel. Marine's status in the socio-economic development become increasingly important. Can be said that 21st century is the century of oceans. Countries to survive, to develop, on the way to go sea. National security system in the ocean. For national security, more and more attention on the marine countries, some countries on the sea lanes in the Strait of control over the increasingly heated battle.
Indian Ocean and Pacific sea routes between the main channel the Straits of Malacca, the Sunda Strait and the Lombok Strait. Among them, the Sunda Strait is the island of Java and Sumatra, Indonesia, the connection between the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean waterways. Lombok Strait, Indonesia Bali, Lombok and Bali Sea and the Indian Ocean between the connecting waterways. As the route through the Straits of Malacca Strait, far less the number of vessels, but the voyage from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific longer than the Malacca Strait, so that the importance of the Straits of Malacca Strait is much less.
Strait of Malacca between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific shortcut between vessels, is Asia, Europe, non-marine transportation link the three continents, the world's busiest waterway, one of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific known as the communication and the "sea bridge", is also the world as the "Gibraltar of the East." According to statistics, about 80,000 ships annually ships through the Malacca Strait is second only to the Straits of Dover Strait, the world's second busiest. Therefore, the Malacca Strait,Ray Ban Sunglasses more and more attention.
Strait of Malacca is situated in eastern Asia between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, the Andaman Sea and South China Sea connecting the narrow waterway, is a communication strategy for the Indian Ocean and the Pacific to land. Straits of Malacca as the United States to connect the Indian Ocean and the Pacific "strategic corridor" that control the Strait of Malacca on the control of the Indian Ocean and sea routes between the Pacific.
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States build a strong beneficial to its hegemony in the 21st century world order. In addition to wage war against those who threaten U.S. security interests of the so-called rival, the United States also strongly control the important sea lanes, particularly in an important emphasis on control of the Strait. Malacca Strait is the United States to control the Strait of lock. The United States from the Philippines, Clark and Subic bases after the withdrawal, is actively seeking to return; while seeking access to military bases in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay. One purpose of the United States to do so is to control the Strait of Malacca. To increase the impact of the Straits of Malacca efforts, the United States and a number of countries engaged in military exercises in the South China Sea.
Recently, the United States to combat terrorism and piracy as an excuse to send the navy into the Malacca Strait patrols. In fact, the United States to do so is to seek to seize control of the Malacca Strait. U.S. Pacific Commander Fargo in April hinted that the United States will work with Asian countries to discuss the implementation of the Malacca Strait, "regional maritime security plan", but was strong opposition from Indonesia and Malaysia. Not hard to imagine, control the Malacca Strait is dominated by the United States an important measure taken by the world, one may be following the war in Afghanistan D&G Sunglassesand Iraq after the war, another major operation. As the distance from the Strait of Malacca near Australia, the U.S. military bases in Australia will help to influence the Malacca Strait. This will be the U.S. military base in Okinawa, Western Pacific region, after following another important military bases, is bound to the Western Pacific, a serious impact on the military situation.