Admiral Samuel Poparo commands the U.S. Pacific Fleet,
How has operating in the Western Pacific changed?
to the Western Pacific to come to the aid of Taiwan
in the middle of the Pacific.
in the Western Pacific as it remains today.
Before Admiral Paparo rose to lead the Pacific fleet,
China's increasingly aggressive moves in the Western Pacific
to patrol the Pacific.
This is how the Chinese Communist Party sees the Western Pacific,
Control of Taiwan is the strategic key to unlocking direct access to the Pacific
Since the United States has been operating in the Western Pacific,
First, I'll say, the United States is also a Western Pacific nation.
It is a free and open Indo-Pacific that encompasses numerous partners and treaty allies.
patrolling the Pacific at any time.
given the Navy's current needs in the Pacific
in the Western Pacific.
We first asked the commander of the US Pacific Fleet Admiral Samuel Poparo about this
If you look at a map at the Indo-Pacific, one thing becomes clear. There's a lot of water on that map.
We see increasing threats from China in particular in the Indo-Pacific.