ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Hindustan Times
09February2011 8:55amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The United States, as part of a new military strategy, is seeking "expanded military cooperation with India" and a "positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship with China", the world's "two rising powers." "As military capability and capacity increases in Asia, we will seek new ways to catalyse greater regional security cooperation," said the revised National Military Strategy calling for redefining leadership in a changing world.
The document released here Tuesday is the first revision since 2004 of the ways and means that the military will advance US national interests.
A senior military official speaking on background said the Asia-Pacific will be of greater importance. "There are two rising powers - India and China - and a number of regionally powerful nations," he said.
There may be a migration of US capabilities in the region. "That may not necessarily mean more troops, but the distribution may change," he said. (read full report)