Daily Memo: Assemble the Fleet

The U.S. confirmed it's setting up an Indian Ocean fleet as Russia responds to an ostensible NATO buildup near Kaliningrad.

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Revived 1st Fleet. The United States has confirmed plans to establish a naval fleet dedicated to the Indian Ocean basin and peripheral chokepoints in Southeast Asia, particularly the Strait of Malacca. The reconstituted 1st Fleet will not necessarily be based out of any particular location, according to U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite. And for the […]

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