미국, 오바마 정부가 해산한 '해군 제2함대' 부활 VIDEO: 米「第２艦隊」復活へ 北大西洋管轄、露の脅威に対抗 オバマ前政権が解散 CNN: US Navy Re-establishes Second Fleet amid Russia Tensions
CNN: US Navy Re-establishes Second Fleet amid Russia Tensions
米「第２艦隊」復活へ 北大西洋管轄、露の脅威に対抗 オバマ前政権が解散
米海軍のリチャードソン作戦部長は４日、米東海岸周辺や北大西洋を管轄する第２艦隊を約７年ぶりに常設の艦隊として復活させると発表した。ロシア海軍による脅威の増大をにらんだ措置。リチャードソン氏は「世界は大国間競争の時代に回帰しており、安全保障環境は困難かつ複雑になっている」と述べ、艦隊復活の重要性を強調した。
US Navy Re-establishes Second Fleet amid Russia Tensions/novinite.com
CNN: US Navy Re-establishes Second Fleet amid Russia Tensions
미국, 오바마 정부가 해산한 '해군 제2함대' 부활
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第２艦隊は１９５０年に創設され、６２年に起きたキューバ危機で海上封鎖に参加したほか、レーガン政権下の８３年にはグレナダ侵攻作戦に参加するなど、北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）が大西洋で制海権を確立するのための中心的役割を果たしてきた。
しかし、オバマ前政権が２０１１年、国防予算削減と「ロシアの脅威は解消した」などの理由から解散に踏み切り、大半の機能が上級組織である艦隊総軍に吸収された。その後、ロシアが米国などへの敵対姿勢を強め、ウクライナ情勢やシリア内戦で対立を深めたことで、対抗策を求める声が強まっていた。
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http://www.sankei.com/world/news/180505/wor1805050010-n1.html
Washington (CNN) - Amid heightened tensions with Russia, the US Navy announced Friday the re-establishment of the US Second Fleet which will be responsible for Naval forces along the East Coast and in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
The areas are seen as critical to counter the rising threat of Russia and the new US defense strategy that focuses more on great power rivalry, according to multiple US defense officials.
"Our National Defense Strategy makes clear that we're back in an era of great power competition as the security environment continues to grow more challenging and complex," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said at a change-of-command ceremony Friday in Norfolk, Virginia.
"That's why today, we're standing up Second Fleet to address these changes, particularly in the north Atlantic," he added.
The Defense Department also announced that the US has offered to host and lead NATO's newly proposed Joint Force Command for the Atlantic at Norfolk, Virginia.
"NATO is refocusing on the Atlantic in recognition of the great power competition prompted by a resurgent Russia," Pentagon spokesman Johnny Michael told CNN.
The Trump administration's new national defense strategy prioritized countering Russia and China and a US Navy official told CNN that, "the return to great power competition demands that we focus on the Atlantic."
Re-establishing the second fleet "ensures dedicated reinforcement of the region and demonstrates a capable and credible deterrence effect" against adversaries, the official said.
US officials have expressed concerns about Russia's increasing naval capability, particularly with regard to its submarine fleet, as well as the Russian's navy increased presence in the Atlantic.
"They have launched a new submarine that I can safely say is closing the gap on some of our technologies," Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer told Congress last month. "But, we are hard at work, also, to make sure that gap does not close and that the rate of the gap does not increase."
NATO and US officials have said that Russian submarine activity is at its highest levels since the Cold War. Officials are concerned that Russian submarines could pose a threat to US attempts to reinforce Europe by sea should a conflict take place between NATO and Russia.
Russia has also recently sent a spy ship up the east coast of the US and Russian Vladimir President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia is seeking to develop an underwater nuclear armed drone.
A US Navy official told CNN that the fleet will eventually involve 250 personnel and be led by a three-star admiral.
The Second Fleet was disestablished in 2011 to save costs amid a changing strategic environment. The Second Fleet was originally formed following WWII as the Second Task Fleet and was redesignated in 1950 as the Second Fleet with the primary mission of supporting NATO.
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