Last week, we reported that satellite images had captured China’s only aircraft carrier in deployment, the Liaoning, flanked by 40 other warships and submarines, conducting unprecedented live-fire drills in the South China Sea. This massive Chinese naval exercise was observed for the first time, with China watchers pointing out that such a forceful display of […]
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U.S. Carrier Strike Group Joined By Japanese Warships for Philippine Sea Exercise…
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels began a bilateral military exercise in the Philippine Sea on Monday. “The routine exercise is designed to improve combined maritime response and defense capabilities, increase combined maneuvering proficiency, and ensure maritime forces remain ready to defend the region when called upon,”…
U.S. Carrier Starts ‘Routine’ Patrols in South China Sea…
The United States deployed the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday as part of maritime “routine operations.” Sailing with the 97,000-ton Vinson is the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer, the Navy said in a statement. The Vinson carries a flight group of more than […]