美国将向日本加派两艘宙斯盾导弹驱逐舰

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BBC Chinese, Apr 6, 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/04/140406_japan_us.shtml

Quote:

(a) "美国国防部长哈格尔宣布，为应对来自朝鲜的威胁，美国将加派两艘宙斯盾导弹驱逐舰驻扎日本。

"哈格尔星期日在东京与日本防卫相小野寺五典会晤后做出以上宣布，并说这两艘驱逐舰将在2017年前到位

(b) "哈格尔说，增派的驱逐舰将为美国 [read: not Japan, but US continent and Hawaii] 提供保护。

"增派的两艘驱逐舰到位后，美国在日本的宙斯盾导弹驱逐舰总数将达到7艘，这也与美国重返亚太的战略重心相符。


(2) 面对中国　哈格尔保证美国将保护日本. BBC Chinese, Apr 5, 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/worl ... japan_defence.shtml

(3) 路透社：因不请日舰美亦不派舰参加青岛观舰式. VOA Chinese, Apr 4, 2014.
www.voachinese.com/content/us-ch ... 140404/1886331.html

Note: The report is based on

Phil Stewart, US to Skip China Fleet Review After Japan Shunned. Reuters, Apr 4, 2014.
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news ... after-japan-shunned

Quote:

"The United States had been invited to participate in the fleet review - essentially a parade of ships - as part of activities linked to the Western Pacific Naval Symposium, which is being held this month in Qingdao, an eastern port city.

"Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told a news conference on Friday that Japan would take part in the regularly held naval symposium but confirmed that it had not been invited to the fleet review.

Note: Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) was formed in 1987, with China as one of the founding members. Last year (2013) the fleet review was held in Bangkok, and the year before in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.