A U.S. Base at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam: Will it Strengthen PACOM's Efforts to Contain PRC Expansion in Southeast Asia?

Abstract

Establishing a base at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam can provide a strategic point from which to counter PRC expansion outside the South China Sea. As a common base between the United States, ASEAN, and India, Cam Ranh Bay could be leveraged by PACOM for multiple uses. Providing a home for quick response forces for regional security and for a centralized HADR capability for the region would be but a few uses of such a base. Cam Ranh Bay requires an overhaul, but would cost only a fraction of what it would take to build a base from the ground up. The United States has the resources to refurbish the base, but needs to take advantage of the opportunity before another regional player steps in.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546175

Entities

People

  • Kristopher M. Dickson

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Law
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • South China Sea
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Uss George Washington
  • Uss Kitty Hawk
  • Vietnam War
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.