US Navy to Increase Presence in Asia-Pacific Region

US_NavyThe US navy will increase the forward presence of ships over the next five years, with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region, as it will improve its cyber-warfare systems, the Stars and Stripes journal reports today.

Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert released details of a five-year navigation plan that calls for increasing the forward presence of ships to about 120 by 2020, up from this year’s average of 97.

In order to improve its cyber-warfare systems, especially in Asia, the plan also calls for a single “cybersafe” authority to protect the service’s networks.

“We are also proceeding to recruit, train and hire almost 1,000 cyber operators and are on track to form 40 cyber mission teams by the end of 2016,” Greenert wrote.

The project includes elements of president Obama’s strategy Asia pivot, that prioritizes the US economic, diplomatic and military presence in that region.

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