US Eyes Singapore Base
June 6, 2011
The US Navy will establish a new presence in Singapore as a staging location for its latest class of warship.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates announced plans for the presence during his visit to Singapore last week.......
According to the Singaporean Defence Ministry, those steps include deploying to Singapore ‘one or two’ of the new Littoral Combat Ships current under construction in the United States. The 400-foot-long, high-speed warships, optimized for shallow-water operations, would be the first US military vessels permanently stationed in the tiny Southeast Asian country, although the Navy for many years has maintained a support facility there.
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