[TO: aml, keystone]
島川です。
青木さんから<[aml 11688] [keystone 1270] Re:キティー湾岸へ派遣>で転
送していただいた「DoD News Briefing」と同日(4/3)の「NEWS RELEASE」と、
４月５日付の「DEFENSE PRESS SERVICE」の記事です。
1)「NEWS RELEASE」のほうは、要するに、本来中東へ向かうはずだった空母
シオドア・ローズベルト部隊が地中海向けに行き先を変更したので、これに
代わってキティ・ホーク部隊が湾岸ローテーションを担当するということで
す。
> シオドア・ローズベルト戦闘グループは４月３日に地中海に到着したが、本来は
> エンタープライズ戦闘グループと交代するために、直接ペルシャ湾に展開される予
> 定であった。コーエンは、日本の横須賀を本拠とするキティ・ホーク戦闘グループ
> にエンタープライズ戦闘グループと交代するよう命令しており、そのためエンター
> プライズ戦闘グループは予定通り５月に合州国へ帰還できる。
これは「安保再定義」後の在日米軍も、「アジア太平洋地域事態」でさえ追
いつかない、アメリカの世界戦略と連動する投入部隊であることを示す現在
の実例として、使えるものだと思います。
また、アメリカは東アジア情勢を理由とする前方展開の必要を強調している
手前か、空母艦隊不在を気にはかけているらしく、キティ・ホーク部隊の代
替手段は米国内に待機させてあると弁明していますが、それなら例えば「駐
留なき安保」でもよかろうということになりますね。
> 西太平洋における米国のコミットメントを維持するために、コーエンは、F-15E
> 戦闘機の１個飛行隊、１個空母戦闘グループ、B-52隊、そしてEA-6B隊に、必要な場
> 合には短期間で展開できる即応態勢を合州国内において保つよう命じた。また、現
> 在韓国に展開されている２機の空軍AC-130ガン・シップは、その配置を継続する。
2)「DEFENSE PRESS SERVICE」では、F-117を12機増派するなど、米軍の増強
が報じられています。
1)「NEWS RELEASE」---------------------------（段落間１行空けてあります）
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:50:01 -0500
Sender: DOD NEWS LIST <DODNEWS-L@DTIC.MIL>
From: dlnews_sender@DTIC.MIL
Subject: CARRIER BATTLE GROUP DEPLOYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATO
= N E W S R E L E A S E
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= OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE = (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
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No. 144-99
(703)695-0192(media)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 1999
(703)697-5737(public/industry)
CARRIER BATTLE GROUP DEPLOYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATO
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen today directed a number of deployments
that will further increase U.S. support to NATO Operation Allied Force
over Yugoslavia while maintaining carrier-based air support for operations
in Southwest Asia over Iraq. The deployments also take into account the
long-standing U.S. military commitment in the western Pacific.
Cohen ordered the USS Theodore Roosevelt battle group to remain in the Mediterranean and support Operation Allied Force. In addition to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the battle group includes the guided missile cruisers USS Leyte Gulf and USS Vella Gulf; the guided missile destroyer USS Ross; the guided missile frigate USS Halyburton; the fast combat support ship USS Arctic; and the attack submarine USS Albuquerque.
The Theodore Roosevelt battle group, which arrived in the Mediterranean April 3, was originally slated to deploy directly to the Persian Gulf to relieve the USS Enterprise battle group. Cohen ordered the USS Kitty Hawk battle group, based in Yokosuka, Japan, to relieve the Enterprise battle group so it can return to the United States on schedule in May.
To maintain the U.S. commitment in the western Pacific, Cohen ordered
one F-15E fighter squadron, a carrier battle group, B-52s and EA-6Bs to
remain poised in the United States, ready to deploy on short notice, if
necessary. Also, two Air Force AC-130 gunships, presently deployed to Korea,
will remain on station.
Carrier battle groups are an integral part of the United States policy
of maintaining a substantial overseas military presence to promote regional
stability, reaffirm commitments and contribute to deterrence. -END-
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2)「DEFENSE PRESS SERVICE」----------------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:15:01 -0400
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Subject: Pentagon Sends in Carrier Battle Group
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials announced April 3 that Defense Secretary William S. Cohen had directed the Theodore Roosevelt battle group to remain in the Mediterranean to support Operation Allied Force.
The added firepower will increase NATO's ability to carry out a greater number of strikes, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said. The battle group was diverted from its scheduled deployment to the Persian Gulf to replace the USS Enterprise, he noted. The USS Kitty Hawk is now slated for the Persian Gulf.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a nuclear-powered carrier, is one of the most modern in the fleet, according to Bacon. The battle group includes two guided missile cruisers, the USS Leyte Gulf and the USS Vella Gulf; a guided missile destroyer, the USS Ross; a guided missile frigate, the USS Halyburton; a fast combat support ship, the USS Arctic; and an attack submarine, the USS Albuquerque.
Other U.S. ships taking part in the operation include: the USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, the USS Nicholson and USS Gonzales, both destroyers, and the USS Norfolk and USS Miami, both attack submarines. All five are capable of launching cruise missiles. NATO's Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean, led by its flagship the USS Thorn destroyer, is in the Adriatic Sea.
The United States has also deployed 12 more F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters that are soon to arrive in theater. Unmanned Predator surveillance drones have begun operations, and the Hunter UAV should begin operations next week. Recently deployed U.S. B-1 bombers have begun bombing Serb staging areas and other targets within Kosovo, Bacon said.
"Every day the Yugoslav army sets up a series of staging areas where they bring fuel trucks together and other repair and provisioning trucks, and then they cycle through their armor, personnel carriers and artillery to resupply their forces," Bacon explained. "These staging areas are not constant places. They move around. ... Obviously we look hard for these staging areas. The B-1 is well equipped to deal with those types of wide-area targets."
Allied forces have attacked units, barracks and headquarters, Bacon said. "We've attacked by now, 11 VJ [army] and MUP [special police] headquarters," he said. Supply lines, petroleum facilities, bridges and other communication and transportation elements are increasingly being attacked in an attempt to isolate Serb military units in Kosovo, he said.
The strikes "clearly are having some impact on command and control," Bacon said. "We're seeing some morale problems in the army. The forces are clearly more wary of being hit. They've had to disperse more and having a harder time operating in large, coherent units. And we think that over time there will be problems with supply."
Throughout the air campaign, Bacon admitted, weather has been consistently "lousy and that has had a big impact on the number of strikes we've been able to carry out." But bad weather can't last forever, he added.
Overall, U.S. and NATO officials believe the air campaign "is having the desired effect of degrading and diminishing the Serb forces' ability to continue their operations," Bacon said. The Serbs have reserve stores of fuel and other supplies, but allied forces are attacking those stocks and preventing them from resupplying, he said. "This is going to take some time," Bacon said. "We've said that from the beginning. And we are prepared to stay the course."
Related Site of Interest: <a href=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr1999/t04031999_t0403asd.html>DoD News Briefing, April 3, 1999</a>
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