MANILA, Philippines—The new United States commander of the Pacific Fleet has guaranteed partners/allies that American forces are very much ready, well-equipped  and prepared to react to any possibility in the South China Sea, where long-fuming territorial disputes have set off far reaching vulnerabilities.

Admiral Scott Swift said Friday that the Navy may convey more than the four littoral battle ships it focused on the West Philippine Sea.

Quick says the U.S. doesn’t take sides in the regional fractures however that it would press ahead with operations to guarantee flexibility of route and freedom of navigation in disputed waters and somewhere else.

U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Scott Swift talks during an interview with journalists Friday, July 17, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo)
U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Scott Swift talks during an interview with journalists Friday, July 17, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo)

He likewise refers to the U.S. military’s huge reaction to help the Philippines taking after Typhoon Haiyan’s annihilation in 2013 as a show of America’s dedication to help a beset ally.

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  1. china must the one to stop reclamation and vacate our Phil territory and don’t tell us what to do on our ayungin shoal siera madre ship . they don’t care on ours because they are just invaders and must go home and pay damages on the destruction of marine life on our fishing ground that they brought to china giant clamp and marine life.

  2. Philippines act now da*m*mit! Wake up peeps…Push those chings out of the west Philippine Sea. And if they tried to do fishing on those islands sink their ships now it’s the time of action no more diplomacy…

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