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The Chinese Navy Will Be Bigger Than America's By 2020

• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kris Osborn

The 2014 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommended to Congress the US Navy respond by building more ships and increase its presence in the Pacific region – a strategy they US military has already started.

The commission asked Congress to increase its Pacific fleet up to 67 ships and rebalance homeports such that 60-percent of the force is based in the region by 2020.

The commission's recommendations, which are based on Congressional testimony, expert assessments and open-source information on China's military and US-Chinese relations, are consistent with Pentagon's stated plans for the region.

The Navy's intended Pacific rebalance is designed to station 60-percent of the fleet in the area, rotate more ships and sailors through Pacific ports and move Marine Corps units through Darwin, Australia. Part of the Navy's Pacific rebalance strategy includes plans to rotate up to four Littoral Combat Ships through Singapore, among other things.


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