In 1991, US Deputy Secretary of Defense R.B.Zoelick, speaking to an expanded conference of ASEAN foreign ministers, clearly explained future US strategic deployments in the Asian region. Deployments would be based on a division into northern, central, and southern lines.
一九九一年七月，美國副國務卿鄒立克（R.B.Zoellick）在東協擴大外長會議中，具體說明美國未來在亞太地區的戰略部署：以北、中、南三線撐起防衛架構。