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The US is not a littoral state of the South China Sea; it lies tens of thousands of kilometers away. However, the US has become the greatest destabilizing factor and challenge to the regional development of the South China Sea.
In the past few months, the Navy experienced the worst peacetime surface ship collisions in over 41 years. When the USS McCain and the USS Fitzgerald collided with commercial vessels, it claimed the lives of 17 sailors during routine “independent steaming” operations in the western Pacific Ocean.
There have been 17 iftalities and at least five incidents this year alone leading to the removal of eight top naval officers and the appointment of a new seventh fleet commander, vice admiral philip sawer. with us here retired admiral jack jacobs. he's also an msnbc military analyst. i know one of the things you teach at west point is tempo. -wheel we're not firing back and forth, in this case it's readiness tempo. and a lot being asked of a finite number of pieces of equipment and a finite number of people in the seventh fleet. >> you know not too long ago we were talking about a 600-ship nav...
That's an educated guess. there have been 17 iftalities and at least five incidents this year alone leading to the removal of eight top naval officers and the appointment of a new seventh fleet commander, vice admiral philip sawer. with us here retired admiral jack jacobs. he's also an msnbc military analyst. i know one of the things you teach at west point is tempo. -wheel we're not firing back and forth, in this case it's readiness tempo. and a lot being asked of a finite number of pieces of equipment and a finite number of people in the seventh fleet. >> you know not too long ago we were ta...
A statement released by the navy said they're focused on efforts to find the missing sailors. but japanese officials say engine failure might have played a role. that's an educated guess. this is yet another incident for the seventh fleet which operates in the pacific and indian oceans. there have been 17 fatalities and at least five incidents this year alone leading to the removal of eight top naval officers and the appointment of a new seventh fleet commander, vice admiral phillip sawyer. with us here retired admiral jack jacobs. he's also an msnbc military analyst. and, jack, i know one of ...