11.   Countries in the region are stocking up partly out of concern for instability if the United States pulls its Pacific fleet and troops out of East Asia.

12.   Grachev was accompanied by a large delegation of generals, including the commanders of the Pacific naval fleet, the air force and the Far East military district.

13.   He later was commander of the submarine force of the Pacific fleet.

14.   Military analysts said cuts in the Russian defense budget forced the Pacific fleet to dump ammunition in the sea to reduce dumping costs.

15.   Tokyo is already cooperating with Russia in the dismantling of decommissioned submarines in the Pacific fleet, where a nuclear disaster could effect Japan.

16.   Wilkes believes the U.S. commander in chief of the Pacific fleet canceled U.S. support knowing the atom bomb had been successfully tested.

17.   With the Pacific surface fleet in ruins at Pearl Harbor, it fell to the submariners to take the fight to the invading Japanese Fleet.

18.   The submarine is a diesel-powered boat from the Pacific fleet and was recently withdrawn from service.

19.   Unlike a similar shutdown on Thursday, which also affected the Pacific fleet, Tsedrik said that strategic installations could suffer from power cuts this time.

20.   It quoted Valery Danilian, in charge of nuclear and chemical safety with the Pacific fleet, as saying the ship had been listing dangerously for several days.